Speakers

Sergey ABRAMOV
Head of Direction for Railway Stations
Russian Railways

Graduated from the Tashkent State Economic University, Masters degree from the Russian Academy of State Service under the Russian President.
2001 through 2003 - Ministry of Finance, the Government of the Russian internal Republic of Chechnya.
2003 through 2004 - Adviser to Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber S.V. Stepashin; chief of the inspection, monitoring the flow of budgetary assets, allocated for rehabilitation and restoration of Chechnya’s social and economic infrastructure.
2004 through 2006 - Chairman of the Chechnya Government, Acting President of Chechnya.
2006 through 2007 - auditor on the staff of the Russian Audit Chamber.
Since 2007 - Director of the Railway Stations’ Agency, JSC Russian Railways.
Awards & Decorations: Honorable sign “Excellent Financial Worker”, 2002; Medal of Honor - awarded by President of Russia, 2005.

Mikhail BERGER
General Director
United Media holding company
General Director
Rumedia group of companies

Born in 1953.
Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University (1973–1978).
Began work on the Sovetskaya Torgovlya paper (1978–1986). Worked as an observer and as economics editor of Izvestiya (1986–1997), and as chief editor of the socio-political daily newspaper Segodnya (1997–2001) and of the magazines Delovaya Khronika and Yezhenedelny Zhurnal (2001–2005).
Currently General Director of the United Media holding company (Business FM and Kino FM radio stations and the BFM.ru internet portal), General Director of the Rumedia group of companies (a major regional media holding company), and Professor of the Department of Media Management and Media Business at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow State University).
For a number of years he has been a columnist on The Moscow Times and has presented his own shows on the Ekho Moskvy radio station, where he continues to broadcast regularly.
Member of the Public Collegium for Complaints against the Press, member of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, member of the Russian Radio Academy.
Well known economics journalist, winner of the USSR Union of Journalists prize and a number of specialist professional prizes. Winner of the national “Book of the year” prize (2008) in the business literature category for his book Chubais’s cross.

Grigory BERYOZKIN
CEO and Chairman of the Board
ESN Group

Born in 1966.
Graduated from Moscow State University, Chemistry Department, has a Ph.D. in chemistry.  In 1991 Grigory Berezkin founded ESN Investment Group. Within the Group projects are: foundation of the largest private power distributing company “Rusenergosbyt”, construction and management of the railway bulk-oil terminal at Uyar station, management of the North-West heat station in partnership with European power concern “Enel”, management of “Kolenergo” and  “KomiTEK” companies.

Evgeny BOGDANOV
Director
A.T. Kearney
Leader of Transportation and Automotive Practice in Russia and CIS

Mr. Bogdanov got his degree with Honors in foreign languages and information analysis from Military Institute in 1995. In 1997 he graduated with Honors from American Institute of Business and Economics.
Before joining A.T. Kearney he served in the Russian Army, developed strategy in “LUKoil-Neftegazstroy”. He made his way through the ranks from Business Analyst to Principal, he is core team member of the A.T. Kearney Transportation practice.

Andrey EMELYANOV
Acting Deputy Director
Department for State Policy on Railway Transport
Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

Born in 1980.
Became a lawyer after university.
Began work at the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation in 2002. When this ministry was abolished he transferred to work in the Federal Agency for Railway Transport, where he was involved in the creation of a system for managing railway transport in the new environment. Since 2005 he has been working for the Russian Ministry of Transport, first in the Department of Legal Services and Legislation Drafting, then from 2006, when the Department for State Policy on Railway Transport was set up, in the post of head of the regulatory legislation section. A.A. Yemelyanov has been appointed acting Deputy Director of the Department for State Policy on Railway Transport.

Valentin GAPANOVICH
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1955.
Graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1992, and in 1998 studied at the Academy of Economics under the Government of the Russian Federation.
1989 through 1998 - Head of Locomotive Depot at Novokuznetsk-Kemerovo Railways; Chief Engineer at Novokuznetsk Section of Kemerovo Railways; Deputy Engineer at Kuzbass Section of West Siberian Railways.
1998 through 1999 - Deputy Head of Locomotive and Wagon Management at West Siberian Railways, Deputy Head of Railways.
2000 through 2003 - Chief Engineer at October Railways.
2003 - appointed Vice-President of the Russian Railways.
In 2008 was appointed Senior Vice-President.

Hans-Jörg GRUNDMANN
CEO “Mobility” Division
Vice-President
Siemens AG

He was born in 1955, and, after having graduated from highschool, Grundmann went on to study physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and earned his PhD in natural sciences at the German Academy of Sciences. Dr. Grundmann started his career in 1981 as scientist at the Institute for Cosmos Research. Ten years later, he switched to AEG Postautomation GmbH in Constance where he worked as project manager in the field of optical character recognition. In 1995, he became head of development in the reading and coding systems sector. When these business activities were taken over by Siemens AG, Dr Grundmann was appointed head of the Reading and Coding Division in the Production and Logistics Systems Group in 1997. 2001 through 2004, acted as spokesperson for the board of Siemens Dematic AG, postal automation sector. Then, as head of the Postal Automation Group within Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems, he was elected to the board in 2004. From 2005 up to his nomination as CEO of the Mobility Division in January 2008, Dr. Grundmann served as Vice President of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S). In 2008, Dr. Grundman was elected Chairman of UNIFE (the European Rail Industry) and will serve a three-year term. He succeeds André Navarri (Bombardier Transportation) as UNIFE Chairman. In 2008, Dr Hans-Jörg Grundmann has been Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG.

Elena KUNAEVA
General Director
Center for Brand Transport Service
Russian Railways

Born in 1954.
Mrs. Kunaeva graduated from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineering in 1976.
She started her professional career at railway transport in 1978 as an economist in “Transorgmashuchet” Trust of the Ministry of Railways. Afterwards she held positions of Head of department of Data-processing Center of the Trust, Assistant Head of Main Data-processing Center of the Ministry of Railways of Russia.
Since 1996 Mrs. Kunaeva has been working at the Transport Service Centre as Deputy General Director, Development Director. Currently she holds the position of General Director of the Transport Service Centre - structural division of Russian Railways, JSC.

Boris LAPIDUS
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1947.
Graduated from All-Union Distance Learning Institute of Railway Engineers in Electrification, Railway Transport.
His career on the railways began in 1965 on Volga Railway in the position of locomotive operator assistant.
1981 through 1988 - Deputy Head, Head of Economics and Planning Department of Volga Railways; Head of Department of Economics, Technology and Planning, Saratov Branch of Volga Railways; Head of Department of Economics and Planning Volga Railways.
1988 through 1994 - Deputy Head of Volga Railways.
1994 through 2003 - Head of Department of Economics and Development, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; General Director of Centre of Proprietary Transport Servicing, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; Head of Department of Economics, Ministry of Communications; Head of Department of Economics, Ministry of Communications, Russian Federation; Member of the Board.
Since 2003 - Head of Department of Economic Forecasting and Strategic Development, Russian Railways. 2003 - Vice-president of Russian Railways.
Since 2005 - Senior Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways.

Maxim LIKSUTOV
Member of the Board of Directors
Aeroexpress

Starting from 1999 mr. Liksutov has been occupying leading positions in the number of most important Russian companies dealing with transportation of cargoes. Member of Board of Directors of ZAO “Transmashholding” company, Chairman of Board of Directors of “Aeroexpress” company (Limited Liability Company ). Since 2001 - Chairman of Board of Directors “Transgroup AS” company.

Boris LYOVIN
Provost
Moscow State Railway University

Graduated from the Moscow electrotechnical school in 1968 and from the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers, where majored in automatics and telematics, in 1973, Boris defended two successive research theses in 1979 and 1990, thus becoming a PhD in management. Professor since 1992. In 1991, he was appointed Provost of the All-Russian Railway Manager Excellence School, transformed into the Russian Railway Academy pursuant to the Russian President’s decree in 1995. In 1997 he was elected Provost of the Moscow State Railway University. Mr. Lyovin is the Vice President of the Russian Community of Railway Engineers, the chairman of the dissertation council, the President of the Association of Railway Universities, the chairman of the training and methodical commission for railway transport reformation, a deputy chairman of the research and technical council of the Railway Ministry, a member of the Supreme Certification Commission of Russia and an acting member of a number of Russian and foreign academies. His decorations include the Order of Honor and the Order of Merit of the 2nd category, as well as the Honorable Railway Worker sign and some other Soviet, Russian and foreign medals.

Ugis MAGONIS
Chairman of the Board
Latvian Railway

1989 through 1992 - Latvian Shipping Company, navigator, 3rd mate of the captain. Has a huge business experience in organization of port terminals and infrastructure work (Latvian Shipping Company, Riga Commercial Port, Latvian Railway).
1993 through 2000 - Director of Hanza Maritime Agency, Ltd.
2004 through 2005 - adviser to the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia. Since August, 2005 - Chairman of the Board, Latvian Railway.
Since 2005 - Prime minister’s supernumerary adviser in the area of railway. Founder of  Latvian Association of  Freight Forwarders.
Vice-president of  National association of shipbrokers and agents of  Latvia.

Askar MAMIN
President
Kazakhstan Railways

Graduated from Tselinograd Engineering and Construction Institute, Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics in Engineering and Economics.
Started his career in the position of Steel Erector for Tselintyazhstroy. Has worked as Deputy Director General at the Union of Innovation Enterprises of Kazakhstan. 1996 through 2008 – First Deputy to Head of Astana Administration, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of Astana Administration.

Vladimir MATYUSHIN
Vice President
Non-commercial partnership “Union of Industries of Railway Equipment

Vladimir Matyushin graduated from Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. 1998 through 2007 worked as the Head of Department of Certification of the Federal Railway Transport. From December  2007 till nowadays holds the post of Vice President of the Non-Commercial partnership “Union of Industries of Railway Equipment”. Holds a Candidate`s degree in technical sciences, professor.

Vadim MIKHAILOV
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1969.
1992 - graduated from the State Financial academy.
1992 through 2003 he worked at auditing firm Arthur Andersen starting as an economist before becoming director of the firm s bank audit department.
2003 through 2009 he served as Director, then Managing Director of Ernst & Young Business Consulting Ltd.
Since 2009 - Senior Vice-President of JSC Russian Railways.

Dietrich MUELLER
President of Siemens Russia and Central Asia,
Vice-president
Siemens AG

Graduated from Kiev Polytechnic institute, a degree in electrical engineer.  Afterwards has defended a dissertation and took a degree of doctor of science in Technical University in Dresden. Works in Siemens AG since 1991. Has managed “Locomotives” in “Transport equipment” Department.  Assisted in realization of a number of key national and international Siemens projects in the sphere of railway traffic. Since April, 2006, appointed a President of Siemens in Russia and Vice-president of Siemens AG

Nikolay NIKIFOROV
Chairman
Russian Union of Railwaymen and Transport Builders

Born in 1952.
Graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers in 1974 as an engineer for railways operations.
1974 through 1975 - centralization post master, Artyshta-II deputy station master at the West-Siberian Railway. 1975 through 1977 - Pojektnaya station master, West-Siberian Railway. 1977 through 1978 - Leninsk-Kuznetskiy-I Zapadno station master, Siberian Railway. 1978 through 1981 - Cherkasov Kamen station master, Kemerovo Railway. 1981 through 1985 – Instructor of the transport and communications department of the Kemerovo regional committee of the CPSU. 1985 through 1997 - chairman at the Kemerovo Railway DORPROFSOZH (trade union of a railway division). 1997 through 2004 - chairman at the West-Siberian Railway DORPROFSOZH. Since 2004 - chairman of the Russian Union of Railwaymen and Transport Builders. Nikolai Nikiforov has been awarded with the governmental awards: “Over merit” II degree; medal of award “100 years anniversary of the Transsiberian mainline”; medal of award “For particular contribution to the development of Kuzbass” III degree; medal of award “60 years’ anniversary of the Kemerovo oblast”; medal of award “For 20 years faultless service at railways”; order after St. Prince Alexander Nevsky I degree and other.

Dmitry NIKITIN
General Director
Group EUROSIB

Born in 1971.
In 1993 graduated from St.Petersburg Railway University, Masters Degree in Traffic Logistics and Transport Management.
With EUROSIB since 1997.
Career: export sales manager, head of new business department, deputy marketing director, deputy general director, general director EUROSIB SPB, General Director Group EUROSIB

Fyodor PEKHTEREV
Director
GiprotransTEI

Graduated from Moscow Railway Transport Engineers Institute.
Started his professional career at railway transport in 1973 as an engineer of GiprotransTEI.
Since 1995 - Director of GiprotransTEI.
He took part in the development of international projects conducted by ESCATO, UN, TACIS, FAR, EU and others. He is actively involved in the creation of international corridors “North-South” and “West-East”.
In 1990 was awarded insignia “Honorary Railway Worker,” and in 2000 - state decoration “Honoured Transport Worker of the Russian Federation.” He has also been awarded branch award of the RF Ministry of Transport “Honorary Worker of Russian Transport.”
In 2003, he was awarded insignia “For Faultless Service in the Railway Transport - 30 years”.

Vyacheslav PETRENKO
Head of the Department of Cargo Transportation and Tariff Policy Marketing
Russian Railways

Born in 1964.
In 1968 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. Railway transportation management.
1992 through 1998 he worked at the Octyabrskaya Railway where he occupied posts of foreman of the Leningrad-sortirovochnaya station, deputy head of the Cargo and Commercial Work Department of the St. Petersburg division, deputy head of the Marketing, Contract, Tariffs and Prices Department of the Cargo and Commercial Work Service, deputy head of the Cargo and Commercial Work Service, head of the Traveling Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
1998 through 2003 he worked at the Ministry of Communication Routes of the Russian Federation, occupied the position of deputy director general of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
Since 2003 he has been working for Russian Railways where he held the posts of first deputy director general of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services, deputy director general on marketing of the Center for Trademark Transportation Services.
Since 2008 he has been head of the Department of Cargo Transportation and Tariff Policy Marketing of Russian Railways.

Mikhail PROKHOROV
President
ONEXIM Group

Born in 1965.
In 1989 graduated with honors from the Moscow State Financial Institute (Department of Foreign Economic Relations).
In 1989 - 1992 – Head of department at International Bank of Economic Cooperation (IBEC). In 1992 - 1993 – Chairman of the Management Board at International Company for Finance and Investments (MFK Bank). In 1993 - 1998 – Chairman of the Board of UNEXIM Bank. In 1998 - 2000 – President and Chairman of the Board of UNEXIM Bank. In 2000 - 2001 – President of ROSBANK. Since 2001 to 2007 - General Director and Chairman of the Management Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel. Since March 2006 – Chairman of the Board of Directors at JSC Polyus Gold. Since 2007 – President of LLC ONEXIM Group. Since 2008 – Head of Russian’s Union of biathlonists. Since 2009 – the member of the Bureau of the Board of Directors of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Since 2009 - Member of the Board of Directors at JSC Sheremetevo.
Since 2010 – Board of Trustees member, Russian Geographical Society. Since 2004 has founded the Welfare Fund of the Cultural Initiatives. Awarded with the Order of the Saint Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 2d class in 2004. Awarded with the Order of Friendship under the Decree of the Russian President in 2006. Since 2007 – Member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian State Corporation of  RUSNANO. Makes important contributions to the development of sports.

Vladimir PROKOFIEV
President
Assosiation of Carriers and Operators of Rolling-Stock,
Director General
BaltTransService

Was born in 1948.
He graduated from the Otrozhsk Railway Technical College and then the All-Union Corresponding Institute of Railway Transport Engineers – the Department of Economy Management of the Marxism-Leninism University. In 1989 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with the qualification of Transportation Process Management. He worked head of the Olenegorsk railway station and, at last, head of the Murmansk railway station.
In the middle of the 1990s he took the lead of a facility of the Oktyabrskaya railway. Today Vladimir Prokofiev is Director General of OOO BaltTransService.

Valery RESHETNIKOV
Senior Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1952.
He graduated from Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute as a systems engineer in 1975.
He began his career in 1975 as an engineer in the Faculty of Automation and Telecontrol at the Leningrad. Electro-Technical Institute. He then worked as a senior engineer at the R& D institute Prisma at the Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Association. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked in the trade representation of the Soviet Union in Norway. Reshetnikov has considerable experience in management positions at various companies and banks in St. Petersburg. In 2002, he was appointed head of the Department of Economic Security at the Ministry of Transport and Communications and in October 2003 head of the Safety and Security Department at Russian Railways. Since 2005 he has been an advisor to the president of Russian Railways. In March 2007, he was appointed Vice-President for Corporate Governance and a member of the Board.

Stefan ROSEANU
Senior Partner
Club Feroviar

After graduating the University of Bucharest, with a degree in history (BA & MA), he held the position of Communication Manager at CFR SA (the Romanian Infrastructure Manager). Since 2007 he is the Secretary General of the Romanian Railway Industry Association (AIF),  being a member UNIFE  National Association Committee. As well, he is a member of the Private Government, a project initiated in September 2008, which aimed at debating the main topics related to the Romanian economy together with the business elite in the country. His activity includes publishing numerous articles related to the railway realities in Romania. Stefan Roseanu is the Senior Partner of Club Feroviar, a company established in 2005.

Yury SAAKYAN
General Director
Research Institute of Natural Monopolies

Graduated from the Moscow State University, department of mechanic and mathematics.
Moscow State University
Until 1991 he was engaged in scientific work.
Since 1991 held executive posts in different commercial companies.
Since May, 1, 2005 up to the present he’s been Chief Executive Officer of Research Institute of Natural Monopolies.

Alexander SAPRONOV
General Director
Independent Transport Company

Graduated from The All-Union Law Correspondence Institute in 1980 and from The Russian Academy of Management in 1992. In 2007 he gained MBA in the State University - Higher School of Economics.
1994-1995 – Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on the Antimonopoly Policy and New Economic Structures Support. 1995-2001 – President of the Russian World Company. 2001-2005 – Vice President, First Vice President of the Yukos RM. From 2005 until 2007 he held position of the Vice President of the NK Rosneft. Нe also held position of the Deputy Director General for Strategy and Corporate Development of the Freight One. He was appointed General Director of the Independent Transport Company in February, 2009.

Vladimir SHNEYDMULLER
Technical Director
Transmashholding

Born in 1948
Graduated from Omsk Institute of Railway Engineers (now Omsk State Transport University) as a specialist in electrification of railway transport.
1966: driver’s assistant in Pavlodar Railways department (Kazakhstan);
1977: chief of Pavlodar Railways department;
1977 - 2001: chief engineer and first deputy staff general director of Kazakhstan Railways;
2002: first vice-minister of transport and communications in Kazakhstan;
2003: industry, trade and small-scale business support department director in Pavlodar Region, deputy general director for transport logistics for National Company KazMunaiGas;
2003 - 2005: DALA GROUP general director advisor;
Oct. 2005 - now: Transmashholding technical director.

Harm SIEVERS
Port Manager
Port of Sassnitz

Born in 1961.
His ancestors where seagoing people for many generations. Went to the sea for the first time in 1977 coastal services in the Baltic Sea. Apprenticeship for deep sea operations with Hamburg Sued shipping company. General cargo vessels, container ships. Attended University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg (seafaring course). Degree: deep sea shipping captain. Involved in land-based port business since 1990. Terminal operations, port management. Heavily involved in the development of Russian industry, logistics and ports since 1992. Managing director of Faehrhafen Sassnitz GmbH since 2004

Kaido SIMMERMANN
Chairman of the Board - Executive Director
Estonian Railways

1994 through 1995 - Adviser of the General Director, AS Eesti Raudtee.
1994 through 1999 - Lecturer, Tallinn University of  Technology.
1995 through 2006 - Infrastructure Director, AS Eesti Raudtee.
Since 2007 - Chairman of the Management Board, Executive Director, AS Eesti Raudtee.

Vladimir SOSIPATOROV
Deputy Director General for Commerce
Freight one company

Graduated from Moscow Oil and Gas Institute, Moscow State University.
Since 1995 to 2007 held various key positions at JSC Russian Railways.
Since 2007 headed Commercial Department at JSC Freight one company.

Yan TAVROVSKY
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Investment Banking Department in Russia & CIS 
Morgan Stanley Bank

MBA degree London Business School, Graduated from the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.
Since 1998 Yan worked in London, first in the credit and ratings advisory group at Goldman Sachs International and then in the leveraged finance group at J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. In 2004 held an appointment of the Head of the Corporate Clients and Capital Markets Department at JPMorgan Bank International. In November 2005, Yan Tavrovsky moved to OOO Morgan Stanley Bank’s Debt Capital Markets Department. In April 2009, he was appointed the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Head of Investment Banking for Russia and CIS at OOO Morgan Stanley Bank.

Oleg TONI
Vice-President
Russian Railways

Born in 1964.
Toni graduated form the Voronezh Engineering and Construction Institute.
He began his career in 1986 as a Master at the Construction and Assembly Board of Construction in Voronezh and then worked as a foreman, section head and head of the production department in the Construction Board of the Leningrad Production, Construction and Assembly Association, as Technical Director of Construction Board Nr. 228, Managing Director of the Baltic Construction Company Nr. 4 in St. Petersburg and Managing Director of the Baltic Construction Company in Moscow. In March 2004, Toni was appointed first deputy head and in September 2004 head of the Department of Capital Construction at Russian Railways. He has been a Member of the Board of Russian Railways since August 2005. In April 2006 he was appointed Vice-President at Russian Railways. Tone received State awards for service.

Valery VEREMEEV
Head of Department of Economic Conditions and Strategic Development
Russian Railways

Born in 1976.
In 1998 graduated from the Moscow State University of Rail Transport and in 2004 - the Russian Academy of Public Service. 2001 through 2002 - Expert of the department of foreign investments in the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. Since 2002 has been working in the rail sector.
Since 2006 through 2010 was appointed Chief of the Department of corporate constructing and reforming of Russian Railways. Since 2010 - Head of Department of Economic Conditions and Strategic Development Russian Railways.

Vladimir YAKUNIN
President
Russian Railways

Born in 1948.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Mechanics as a Mechanical Engineer in 1972 and began his career as a junior research scientist at the State Institute of Applied Chemistry.
After completing military service in the Soviet Army, he worked as an engineer and senior engineer at the Administration of the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Foreign Trade and was also head of department at the A. F. Yoffe Physics and Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
1985 through 1991 he was Second and then First Secretary of the USSR’s Permanent Representative Office at the United Nations.
He was then Chairman of the Board at the International Centre for Business Cooperation before becoming head of the North-Western Federal District Inspectorate of the Senior Control Department of the President of the Russian Federation.
Since October 2000 - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Since February 2002 - First Deputy Minister of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation.
Since October 2003, the Board of Russian Railways unanimously appointed Yakunin First Vice-President of the Company.
Vladimir Yakunin was appointed president of Russian Railways by the Government of the Russian Federation in June 2005.

The letters of support

Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia

Dear friends! I am delighted to welcome you to the business forum in Sochi and to wish you interesting discussions and fruitful work.

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Vladimir Putin, The Russian Government

I send my greetings to the participants and guests of the Fifth International Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Vladimir Yakunin, “Russian Railways” JSC

I am pleased to continue a fine tradition by sincerely welcoming the participants, guests and organizers of the International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Igor Levitin, Ministry of Transport of RF

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and myself I would like to welcome the participants, guests and organizers of the Fifth International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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Alexandr Shokhin, President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

On behalf of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and myself personally I would like to greet the participants and guests of the fifth International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”.

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