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21 July 2014 |
VEGAS LEX and InfraONE at the first session as members of RF Transportation Ministry Investment Coordinating Board
The new Board includes Deputy Minister for Economic Development Sergei Belyakov, Deputy Minister for Finance Andrei Ivanov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Property Issues Sergei Gavrilov, Deputy Minister for Industry and CommerceGleb Nikitin, Head of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency Aleksander Davydenko, Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Aleksander Neradko, Chairman of the Board of Partners of law firm VEGAS LEX Albert Yeganyan, General Director of OAO Gosudarstvennaya transportnaya lizingovaya kompaniya (State Transport Leasing Company, GTLK) Sergei Khramagin, Executive Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Viktor Cherepov, Executive Vice-President of OAO Gazprombank Aleksei Chichkanov, and others.
Albert Yeganyan made a report on "Parameters for attracting off-budget investments in transport infrastructure projects in Russia: review and forecast to 2020". The audience was offered case studies for an in-depth review of practical implementation of public-private projects (PPP) in Russia, current environment and forecast of key PPP market trends up to 2020, including programs, main findings and recommendations for maintaining, developing and expanding the PPP market. Irina Blokhina, Managing Director of the first infrastructure company InfraONE, Yevgeni Chudnovsky, General Director of ZAO UK Aeroporty Regionov (Regional Airports Managing Company), and Andrey Elinson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Basel Aero spoke about opportunities and potential revealed for public and private operators of regional airports by example of the Moscow Air Hub** project. The session was attended by more than 100 key players in the industry, interested in developing Russia's transport infrastructure, such as Vnesheconombank, Sberbank of Russia, VTB Bank, Strategic Initiative Agency, Rosmorport, Federal Air Transport Agency, Russian Railways, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Vnukovo International Airport, Domodedovo Airport Administration, Avtodor, Kamaz, Volgamost and others. Sergei Khramagin, General Director of OAO GTLK, shared his experience of implementing projects using leasing mechanism. The session was attended by more than 100 key players in the industry, interested in developing Russia's transport infrastructure, such as Vnesheconombank, Sberbank of Russia, VTB Bank, Strategic Initiative Agency, Rosmorport, Federal Air Transport Agency, Russian Railways, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Vnukovo International Airport, Domodedovo Airport Administration, Avtodor, Kamaz, Volgamost and others. The Investment Coordinating Board will create work groups where representatives from federal executive agencies, RF constituents’ executive bodies, business community, scientists and independent experts can join efforts to analyze socio-economic implications of the resolutions passed by the Board on issues within its purview. Please refer your questions regarding session documents (analytical reports and presentations) to VEGAS LEX public relations service, Marina Zhegulina or Liana Grigoryan, telephone: +7 (495) 933 08 00, pr@vegaslex.ru. *** *As per Exhibit 2 to RF Transportation Ministry Order dated June 27, 2013, No. 225: The Investment Coordinating Board of the RF Transportation Ministry (further referred to as the Coordinating Board) is a permanent inter-departmental advisory body coordinating the efforts of the federal executive agencies and business community to attract private investments for developing transport infrastructure, for preparing and implementing large investment projects in transport infrastructure sphere as public-private partnerships or other form of off-budget investments.
**It should be recalled that on July 1, 2013 the Consultants Consortium (Lufthansa Consulting GmbH, InfraONE, branch of Federal State Unitary Enterprise GosNII Grazhdanskoy Aviatsii (Civil Aviation Research Institute) and ARUP) chaired by VEGAS LEX, presented to the governmental work group headed by First Vice-Premier I.I. Shuvalov a completed model of the Moscow Air Hub. (MAH).
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