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A meeting was held in Moscow between Anton Kobyakov, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, and Tadzio Schilling, Director General of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). The parties discussed Roscongress Foundation’s projects and prospects of cooperation between Russian and European companies.

On the sidelines of the PowerTrends 2023 conference in Manila, Philippines, representatives of the Roscongress Foundation met with Leverage International (Consultants) Inc. of the Philippines.

The Roscongress Foundation has prepared an analytical article entitled ‘The Paradox: How Oil Price Caps Lead to Increase’ about the Russian oil price cap mechanism introduced in December 2022 by the G7, European Union, and Australia. The authors of the article believe the restrictions will have the unexpected result of leading to an increase in the price of oil on the international market, including Western benchmarks, instead of causing a significant reduction to Moscow’s revenues from the sale of energy resources, the original hope of the project’s initiators.

The congress and exhibition events in 2022 confirmed the willingness of friendly states to cooperate with Russia. In the past year, events organized by the Roscongress Foundation were attended by more than 30,000 participants from more than 140 countries and territories, and over 80 official delegations took part in the business programme of the events that offered over 600 sessions.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak chaired the first meeting of the Organizing Committee in charge of preparing for and holding the Russian Energy Week International Forum in 2023. The meeting was attended by representatives of the federal authorities, energy companies, and industry communities.

This was reported by Ivan Polyakov, Chairman of the Russia–ASEAN Business Council, at a meeting with Alexei Kulapin, Director General of the Russian Energy Agency (REA) of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has approved and published a list of instructions based on the results of the plenary session of the 5th Russian Energy Week International Forum on 12 October 2022.

The 6th Russian Energy Week International Forum (REW), one of the key international events for discussing current trends in the fuel and energy industry, will take place in Moscow on 11–13 October 2023. Manege Central Exhibition Hall will once again host the event. The Forum is organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Russian Ministry of Energy with the support of the Moscow Government.

Participants in the special REW Junior section – talented high school students planning careers in the fuel and energy complex – met with Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, held a roundtable with the rectors of leading industry-specific universities, and took part in a strategic session on transforming career opportunities.

The Russian Energy Week International Forum 2022 (REW) has concluded in Moscow and once again confirmed its status as a key platform for discussing the main challenges faced by the energy sector. This year, the Forum was attended by over 3,000 participants and media representatives from more than 80 countries. The Forum was organized by the Russian Ministry of Energy and the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Moscow Government.

The Russian Energy Week International Forum 2022 (REW) took place at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow on 12–14 October. REW is a major platform for the discussion of current trends in the fuel and energy industry in order to find solutions to key issues facing the industry. The slogan of this year’s REW is ‘Global Energy in a Multipolar World’. The Forum was organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation with the support of the Moscow Government.

Over one thousand young professionals, students and schoolchildren participated in the Youth Day that summed up the Russian Energy Week 2022 International Forum in Moscow. The or-ganizers were the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Roscongress Foundation, the Government of Moscow, the Russian Znanie Society, and the Smena Foundation. The Youth Day was co-organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh).