Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Boris Gryzlov, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. “Holding the Investment Angel Award increases the openness of Russian regions for domestic and foreign investments, creates conditions for the accelerated and dynamic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation,” Boris Gryzlov noted.

In the nomination “The most successful investment project”, the winners are announced:

1. Creation of an industrial technopark of a “cluster” of high-tech materials, Initiator – Nitol, part of the international Nitol Solar Group of Companies, Irkutsk Region

2. Processing of associated petroleum gas from the Salym and Shapshinskaya groups of fields “OOO” Monolit “, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

3. Modern wood processing technologies, STOD LLC, Tver region

In the nomination “Best Foreign Investor”, the winners are announced:

1. Frito Lay Manufacturing LLC, PepsiCo

2. LLC “Volkswagen Group Rus.”

3. OOO “Novo Nordisk.”

In the nomination “Best Foreign Investor” in the category “Russian Business Angel”, the winner was announced:

   Zlatin Pavel Andreevich

In the nomination “Support and protection of investments” in the category “Non-state organizations”, the winner was announced:

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

In the nomination “Support and protection of investments” in the category “Regional investment promotion agencies”, the winner was announced:

“Agency for Regional Development of the Kaluga Region”

In the nomination “The most investment-attractive regions of Russia”, the winners were announced:

1. Kaluga Region

2. Nenets Autonomous Okrug

3. Amur Region

In the nomination “For investment banking activity” in the category “State Bank”, the winner was announced:

Sberbank of Russia

In the nomination “For investment banking activity” in the category “Foreign bank”, the winner was announced:

Raiffeisenbank

In the nomination “Economic Leaders of the CIS”, the winners are 

1. Russian Federation

2. The Republic of Kazakhstan

In the nomination “Leaders of the world economy” in the category “The most investment-attractive countries in the world”, the winners are

1. People’s Republic of China

2. Russian Federation

Russian Federation Representatives of the legislative and executive authorities, as well as prominent political and public figures, took part in the award ceremony:

Fedorov Evgeny Alekseevich, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Kudinov Vladislav Sergeevich, Chairman of the General Council of the Union of Borrowers and Depositors of Russia.

Rodionov Ivan Ivanovich, Deputy Chairman of the Investment Policy Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

Zalikhanov Mikhail Chokkaevich, Deputy of the State Duma, was elected as part of the federal list of candidates, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor.

Altynbaev Rafgat Zakievich, Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy.

Tosunyan Garegin Ashotovich, President of the Association of Russian Banks /ARB/, Professor, Doctor of Law, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Kazakov Anatoly Borisovich, Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Financial and Banking Council of the CIS.

Buzubaev Toktasyn Iskakovich, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The hosts of the ceremony were Arina Sharapova and Aleksey Kazulin.

The award is supported by:

The Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the Association of Russian Banks, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Financial and Banking Council of the CIS, the Business Center for Economic Development of the CIS.

Established in 2010, the Investment Angel Award is a public, professional award. It is designed to help increase the investment attractiveness of Russia and the CIS countries, and stimulate the development of various sectors of the economy and investment activity.

The purpose of the Investment Angel Award is to form an objective picture of the investment market in the international economic space in general and at the level of individual interstate partnerships. The prize is awarded for professionalism and competence, economic and socially significant achievements in the field of investment, development, production and sale of competitive and high-quality products and services, including innovative, high-tech solutions. The award is aimed at achieving higher indicators: expanding business, increasing the number of jobs and, as a result, increasing tax deductions.

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