On March 17 – 24 the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs held its annual Russian Business Week, a keynote event discussing and formulating proposals with relation to pertinent trends in business/state engagement. This time, the RBW concentrated on the outcomes of Russia’s B20 presidency.

Moscow, February 18, 2014. Viktor Vekselberg, the founder of Renova Group and Chairman of its Board of Directors will become Chairman of a newly formed Board of Renova Management AG (RMAG) in Zurich, Switzerland. RMAG will mainly focus on managing Renova Group’s international assets (primarily - OC Oerlikon AG and Sulzer AG), and, in due course, a number of additional assets of the Group as well as new assets where RMAG can bring strategic capabilities as an industrial investor in relevant sectors.

RSPP President Alexander Shokhin, in an extended interview to the ‘Vesti’ program, spoke about Russia’s G20 presidency, the Group’s priorities, prospects and the agenda of G20’s business counterpart, B20, for the coming year. The principal aim of the summit will remain finding ways to prevent and counteract crisis.

Vladimir Putin agreed to admit a representative of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs to government hearings.