By 2020 the production of the missing Russian agricultural products will peak.

The number of participants of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) this year amounted to 10 thousand people.

St Petersburg is going to attract up to 40 billion rubles of investments to the city's economy on the basis of the agreements signed within the framework of the International Economic Forum.

Vologda is among the top ten regions supporting entrepreneurship.

Russia and Saudi Arabia signed an historic deal on cooperation in nuclear energy, says RIA-NOVOSTI news agency.

Russia’s oil giant Rosneft and E.ON Russia signed a contract for gas supply at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, according to a press release published on Rosneft’s official website.

Former Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin suggested holding early presidential elections to get the mandate for sweeping economic and structural reforms.

The St Petersburg International Economic Forum has opened in Russia’s northern capital amid prospects of economic turnaround and eased stance by the West.

The final purchase price may reach about one billion roubles.

Western sanctions, falling oil prices and weakening rouble have seriously hit the Russian container logistics industry, says a report.