On 6 September 2016, the NRCC Networking Meeting took place in Oslo, in the facilities of the NRCC member company DLA Piper Law Firm. About 65 participants took part in the meeting.
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15 September 2016 from 09:30 to 11:30 a business breakfast "Practical aspects of business with Scandinavian countries" will take place at Moscow Exchange - the largest financial institution of Russia.
Among speakers:
It is a great opportunity to learn about new financial instruments which will allow your business to avoid almost completely dependence from currency fluctuations, and to strike up new business acquaintances. The event is open to members of the NRCC and FRCC for up to 2 representatives from same company.
On 25 August, NRCC representatives attended Aftenposten's event "Foreign Affairs with Russia". Topics discussed concerned Russian history, culture, everyday life and political development.
Former Aftenposten's correspondents in Russia, Per Anders Johansen and Jahn Otto Johansen, Halvor Tjønn, Kjell Dragnes, Per Kristian Aale, Aftenposten's US correspondent Kristoffer Rønneberg and Aftenposten's Europe correspondent Øystein Langenberg took part in the discussions and shared their opinions about Russia'a political and economical situation and future outlooks.
Let us hereby inform you that Roscongress Foundation invites partners to the Sochi International Investment Forum 2016. The main events of the forum will be held from September 29 to October 2, 2016 in the Olympic Park’s Main Media Centre.
Address: 1 Olympic Prospekt, Adler, Sochi, Krasnodar Territory
For all matters concerning the Forum, please contact the Roscongress Foundation’s Information Centre on:
Tel.: +7 (495) 640 6547
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The Sochi Forum is a traditional platform for presenting Russia’s investment and economic potential and regional aspects of the global economy, and for boosting cooperation and strengthening ties between Russian and foreign business leaders, experts, and media representatives.
The Forum is held with the participation of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
More information can be found on the official website of the forum http://www.forumkuban.org/en/main-page/
According to the decree of the Russian Federation Government signed on 22 July 2016, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Zarubino (Port of Zarubino in Primorsky District) are included in the list of ports with allowed entry to the Russian Federation for foreign citizens and stateless persons arriving as tourists aboard the cruise vessels authorized for passenger transportation.Consequently, foreign citizens and stateless persons who visit seaports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk in tourist groups arrived bycruise vessels have an opportunity to stay in these regions for 72 hours without a visa.
The Government of the Murmansk region invites partners to the V Murmansk International Business Week (MIBW). The event will be held on November 14-18, 2016. It is a part of the calendar of the Russian Chairmanship in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council in 2015-2017. The V MIBW program includes a number of activities aimed at the development of interregional and international cooperation, business and entrepreneurship, support for science and education.
The central event will be the V MIBW plenary session "Arctic course". The prospects of development of international and cross-border cooperation in the Arctic, the draft federal law "On the development of the Arctic area of the Russian Federation" will be discussed within the plenary session.
The participants are representatives of the Arctic Council countries, the regions of Arctic area of the Russian Federation, the federal bodies of executive power of the Russian Federation and foreign partners interested in project development in the Arctic region.
The structure of the V MIBW program and additional information (in English and Russian languages) is available on the web-site https://minec.gov-murman.ru/activities/week/info_foreign_participants/.
GDP finally positive, albeit just. June GDP grew 0.1% YoY, the first positive number for some time. Industrial output rose 1.7% YoY. Retail and construction continue to drag, but less than in 2015.
No major forecast changes. We have raised the probability for our base-case economic scenario for 2016-18 to 55% but see no reason to change any of the key forecasts.
Business confidence stays strong. Official and private business confidence indicators are in expansionary territory. The PMI services indicator is at its highest level since 2013. Survey respondents said that new business was the main driver.
Wages and unemployment look good. Real wages are up 1.4% YoY, and unemployment fell from 5.6% to 5.4%. However, real disposable incomes are down almost 5% YoY as at mid-year.
Inflation ticks negative. Inflation for the last week of July was down 0.1% due to seasonal food prices. Full year inflation has been stubbornly close to 7.3% for the past four months. The CBR, as expected, kept rates on hold at its July meeting.
Ruble did not fall with weak oil. Brent fell 14.5% in July, but the ruble conceded only 3%. That is mostly because the ruble did not rally with oil in the preceding months.
Oil looks to be range bound. The price of Brent looks set to trade in a range of US$44 to US$54 per barrel, with US shale producers now the swing producers. Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to boost output.
The aim of the NRCC is to stimulate and improve business relations between Norwegian and Russian companies regarding import, export, shipping, business development, tourism or investment activities. More...
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