The National Centre RUSSIA will become a space for key discussions regarding digital ecosystems

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The rapidly growing potential of digital platforms and their role in the global transformation of the economy will be a key topic at the Platform Economy Day hosted by the National Centre RUSSIA on 11 November. The large-scale event will focus on the digital ecosystems development, new models of economic growth, and their role in supporting businesses and regional brands. It will also address the development of innovations, the creation of new jobs, and improving the population's quality of life.

Memorandum of Fair Practices for Digital Platforms

The highlight of the Day will be the signing of the Memorandum of Fair Practices by leading Russian digital companies.  Under the document, they pledge to comply in advance with the requirements of the law on platform economy (will enter into force on 1 October 2026). In particular, the document addresses the development of cooperation with partners and customers, the introduction of anti-fraud tools, reliable protection of users' personal data, as well as an active combat against counterfeit goods.

The signing of the Memorandum of Fair Practices for Digital Platforms will take place in the presence of:

— Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia;

— Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; 

— Alexei Repik, Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organisation "Business Russia"; 

— Andrei Sharonov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Digital Platforms Association NGO. 

"Platform Economy Without Borders" session

Employing the potential of digital platforms and their ecosystems plays an important role in ensuring sustainable economic growth, and improving both business conditions and the population's quality of life. Digital platforms are becoming a kind of elevator for regional businesses, from going online to exporting. For small and medium-sized businesses, platforms radically reduce barriers to entry into new markets and accelerate sales scaling. Export showcases and promotional tools for marketplaces, demand analytics and end—to-end logistics — these and other tools allow to support regional brands.

Building cooperation looking like a chain "region-platform-development institutions" to promote local manufacturers in national and foreign markets is becoming increasingly relevant.

Moderator: 

Denis Agafonov, Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate of the Russian Federation 

Invited experts: 

— Maxim Kolesnikov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; 

— Stanislav Voskresensky, Governor of the Ivanovo region; 

— Yevgeny Etin, Director of the Public Relations Department at the United Wildberries and Russ Companies; 

— Dmitry Kim, Vice President for Government Relations at Ozon company; 

— Dmitry Rusakov, Director of e-Commerce Services Corporate Relations, Yandex LLC; 

— Vladislav Fedulov, Managing Director of KEH eCommerce LLC (Avito); 

— Artyom Sokolov, President of the Association of Internet Commerce Companies; 

— Nonna Kagramanyan, Deputy Chairperson and Head of the Executive Committee of the All-Russian Public Organization “Business Russia.

Public Procurement Platformisation session

Public procurement is important for the economy of any country. They provide for government needs and contribute to the development of a competitive environment. A contract system has been created in Russia that provides high-quality, including automated, procurement process management. Digitalisation of public procurement increases transparency and control, reducing the risks of abuse and corruption.

Moderator: 

Alexander Vilinov, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate of the Russian Federation. 

Invited experts: 

— Sergei Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation;

— Alexei Moiseev, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation;

— Anna Katamadze, Deputy Head of the Federal Treasury;  

— Igor Shuvalov, Chairman of VEB.RF; 

— Pavel Malkov, Governor of the Ryazan region, Chairman of the State Council Commission on Effective and Competitive Economy; 

— Robert Mirzoyan, Chief Executive Officer of the United Wildberries and Russ Company; 

— Maria Bagreyeva, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow; 

— Mikhail Kuznetsov, Head of the Executive Committee of the All-Russia People's Front.

"Ecosystem of Our Life" session

Digital ecosystems are becoming an integral part of citizens' daily lives, from online education and telemedicine to public services and marketplaces. They form a single digital space that unites government and commercial services.

Moderator: 

Mikhail Khomich, Chief strategist at VEB.RF, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Digital Platforms of Russia. 

Invited experts: 

— Alexander Molodtsov, Vice President, Russian Export Centre JSC; 

— Alexander Isaevich, Director General, Chairman of the Board of  Directors at JSC SME Corporation; 

— Anton Petrakov, Vice President for Government Relations at Yandex.Taxi Group of Companies.  

— Sergei Zhdanov, Managing Director, Director of Sberbank Health Industry Centre; 

— Dmitry Sergienkov, Director General of HeadHunter LLC;

— Igor Sivets, Member of the Board of Directors of the Tutu travel service.

"Economy of Trust: Transparent Digital Turnover on Platforms" session

The platform economy creates a huge digital turnover. Trust in the quality and origin of goods is becoming a key factor in development there. At the session, experts will discuss mechanisms to combat counterfeiting and tax evasion, as well as issues of transparency in cross-border trade.

Moderator: 

Marina Gromova, TV presenter on the Russia24 channel 

Invited experts: 

— Dmitry Grigorenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chief of the Government Staff of the Russian Federation; 

— Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia; 

— Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; 

— Alexei Repik, Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organisation "Business Russia"; 

— Tatyana Kim, Founder of Wildberries company and Head of the United Wildberries and Russ company;

— Alexander Shulgin, Advisor to Ozon company.

"New National Model of Trading Activity" session

The new trading model in the platform economy eliminates the imbalance between offline and online channels. Traditional stores are shifting to a "physical experience," online ones — to personalization and analytics.

Moderator: 

Mikhail Khomich, Chief strategist at VEB. RF, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Association of Digital Platforms of Russia 

Invited experts: 

— Roman Chekushov, State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation 

— Maxim Kolesnikov, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; 

— Sergey Puzyrevsky, State Secretary, Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS); 

— Alexander Vilinov, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate of the Russian Federation; 

— Boris Ogarkov, Managing Director for Government Relations at X5 Copmany; 

— Anna Meleshina, Managing Director at Magnit Group of Companies; 

— Dmitry Kim, Vice President for Government Relations at Ozon company; 

— Stanislav Bogdanov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Association of Retail Trade Companies.

The Open Dialogue Expert Session "Digital Platforms as Drivers of the New Economy"

There, the role of platforms in inclusive socio-economic development and transformation of the global economy will be discussed.

Moderator:

Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia.

Invited experts: 

— Tatyana Kim, Founder of Wildberries company and Head of the United Wildberries and Russ company; 

— Jean-Philbert Nsengimana, Chief Digital Technology Advisor, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Rwanda; 

— Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow Government for Social Development; 

— Fan Jian, Chief Big Data Specialist, China Unicom, China;

— Shanta Tutam, ex-Director of Innovation at the Government of Telangana State, India.

Meeting of the interdepartmental working group

Closed format. The livestream of the open part of the session will be broadcast to other halls.

Agenda: The Memorandum of Fair Practices, platformisation of the economy, other issues.

Permanent members of the interdepartmental working group are:

— Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of Russia (Head of the Interdepartmental working group);

— Alexander Vilinov, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate of the Russian Federation (Executive Secretary of the interdepartmental working group);

— Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation;

— Sergei Alpatov, Head of the service at the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia;

— Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region, Chairman of the State Council Commission of the Russian Federation on Data Economics;

— Daniil Yegorov, Head of the Federal Tax Service of Russia;

— Andrei Ivashko, First Deputy Head of the FSB Service of Russia;

— Mikhail Kotyukov, Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region, Chairman of the State Council Commission of the Russian Federation on Technological Leadership;

— Anton Kotyakov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation;

— Pavel Malkov, Governor of the Ryazan region, Chairman of the State Council Commission on Effective and Competitive Economy;

— Tatyana Matveyeva, Chief of the Presidential Directorate for the Development of Information and Communication Technology and Communication Infrastructure; 

— Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, Valery Pikalyov, Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia 

— Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; 

— Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation;

— Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow, Chairman of the State Council Commission of the Russian Federation on Public and Municipal Administration; 

— Alexei Texler, Governor of the Chelyabinsk region, Chairman of the State Council Commission of the Russian Federation on Economics and Finance; 

— Yuri Chikhanchin, Director of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring (Rosfinmonitoring); 

— Maksut Shadayev, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation; 

— Maxim Shaskolsky, Head of the FAS of Russia.

The event is organised by the Presidential Executive Office of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the National Centre RUSSIA, and VEB.RF.