The Murmansk International Business Week is dedicated to international cooperation in the Arctic, and the role of cross-border cooperation in high latitudes.

According to the estimates of the Director for the Investment of FPI Innovation Fund Ilya Rodin, the transaction volume of the startup purchase could amount to from 3 to 5 million dollars, while the total amount of investment needed by the project was estimated by the expert at $ 8.5 million.

The All-Russian competition of startups “GenerationS” has summed up the results of projects selection. The most popular sector was smart city technologies.

The annual “Open Innovations” forum – the Russia’s largest event on the topic of technological entrepreneurship and innovation development issues - will be held in Moscow for the fourth time from October 28 to November 1.

Moscow International Automobile Salon (MIAS) is one of the most popular international biennial exhibitions held in Crocus Expo in Moscow, Russia. MIAS is scheduled by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, which considers it to be the largest and the most impressive international auto show. This year MIAS (held on August 31 – September 9, 2012) has beaten all the records: the exhibit space was about 100 000 sq m, more than 100 companies participated in the show and the number of visitors exceeded 1 000 000. And what is more, a great number of surprising premiers was presented: 23 world, 21 European, 85 Russian and 34 concept cars. Almost each automobile brand launched a premier at their stand!

The 7th annual business conference Retail in Russia, organised by Vedomosti newspaper, took place in Moscow on December 15, 2011. The preliminary conclusions were drawn, the opportunities charted, and case studies discussed. Slowly but surely the Russian business begins to recognise the importance of quality and added value in customer acquisition and retention.