Jean Roatta: I am very happy with the quality of our relations Deputy Mayor of Marseille Jean Roatta, who is in charge of international relations and Euro-mediterranean cooperation and is an Honorary member of the French Parliament, hadn’t been to Moscow for two decades. But recently, he has been coming here almost every year. So what…
Matthias Schepp: The German economy continues to believe in Russia The Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (RGCC) recently changed its address and acquired property in Moscow, moving into the spacious quarters in one of the Russian capital’s modern business centers. Does this step mean that the RGCC is ready to take on new challenges and broaden…
Marat Kabaev: The Islamic World wants to be friends with Russia In the beginning of October, Russia held the World Halal Day for the first time. It took place on the banks of the Volga River, in Samara, alongside the international Volga Investment Summit. Over 200 experts from 20 countries took part in the events –…
Michael Harms: Russia was and continues to be our strategic partner The German Eastern Business Association is the brain child of West German entrepreneurs. It was established in 1952 at the height of the Cold War at the initiative of German business representatives, who understood the advantages of developing economic relations with Eastern Bloc states. It’s…
Oksana Pushkina: Russian women need a revolution of the mind Oksana Pushkina – a television and radio journalist, a State Duma deputy, and one of the founders of Zhenskyi vzglyad, a women’s empowerment foundation (translates as “Woman’s view”) – talked to Capital Ideas about the real situation on the Russian labor market, explaining why it’s necessary to create a strategy to support…
Jean-Claude Knebeler: Despite our differences, we are the same “I work with Russians to show them, through Luxembourg as an example, that Europe is not threatening, that expanding territory is not necessary in order to be successful, that you can be assertive and confident in yourself without engaging in policy adventures,” said Jean-Claude KNEBELER, Ambassador…
Alexey Gromyko: Those who are afraid of today’s Russia need to see a psychologist “Russia needs to adapt to the current reality and not think about when the sanctions will be lifted,” said Alexey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), during his interview with Sergo…
Alexey Fursin: Right now, it’s easier to do business in Moscow than in Rome or Brussels “Boosting the capital’s investment appeal is a priority for the Moscow Government. The city is working on providing comfortable conditions for doing business and attracting investments to various spheres of the economy,” Head of the Moscow Department of Science,…
Suren Vardanyan: The city and business are open to cooperation “I think that you can’t do business in a country if you don’t know that country’s culture,” said Suren VARDANYAN, Vice President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in an exclusive interview with Capital Ideas. Suren Vardanyan, Vice President of the Moscow Chamber…
Matthias Schepp: German business in Russia is not sitting on its hands The decision to create the German-Russian Foreign Trade Chamber (Deutsch-Russische Auslandshandelskammer, AHK) was taken in Spring 2006 at high-level bilateral intergovernmental consultations in Tomsk, a large administrative center in the east of Western Siberia. The opening of this union took place in December of…