The Association of European Businesses represents and promotes the interests of European companies conducting business in and with the Russian Federation.
The AEB carries out activities to improve the Russian business and trade environment and to promote economic integration and partnership between the Russian Federation and the European Union.
The AEB Board re-elects Mr. Reiner Hartmann as Chairman. The Elected Deputy Chairmen are Mr. Roger Munnings and Mrs. Olga Bantsekina. Gerald Sakuler is elected as the Deputy Chairman with responsibilities of Treasurer. For more information, please see the press release.
Briefing by Mr. Igor Artemiev, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
On April 27th, 2012, a briefing by Mr. Igor Artemiev, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, dedicated to parallel import issues took place at the AEB Conference Centre. Mr. Nurlan Aldabergenov, Minister for competition and antimonopoly regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and high-ranking FAS officials also took part in the discussion with AEB members. The meeting was moderated by Mr. Eugene Arievich, Chairman of the AEB Intellectual Property Sub-Committee, and Frank Schauff, the AEB CEO.
THE AEB BOARD AND AUDITING COMMISSION ELECTIONS RESULTS
On April 19th, 2012, the AEB Annual General Meeting 2012 took place. We are proud to officially announce the results of the elections to the AEB Board and Auditing Commission (in alphabetical order).
The AEB Board:
Olga Bantsekina, Coleman Services UK Ltd
Christian Becker, HeidelbergCement RUS
Reiner Hartmann, E.ON Ruhrgas AG
Jon Hellevig, Awara Group
Jeroen Ketting, Lighthouse Russia B.V.
Roger Munnings, Individual Member
Philippe Pegorier, Alstom Russia
Gerald Sakuler, Bene Office Furniture AG
Vesa Vertanen, Itella Logistics
The AEB Auditing Commission:
Marco Koschier, Deloitte
Roman Semiletov, HeidelbergCement Rus
Gerard Uijtendaal, Concept Training and Development
Mr. Ivan Grachev, the Chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma committee on Energy meets with members of the AEB Energy and Energy Efficiency committees
Mr. Ivan Grachev, the Chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma committee on Energy met with members of the AEB Energy and Energy Efficiency committees on the 10th of April, 2012. For more information about this meeting, please see the brief report in English and Russian.
Open meeting with Mr. Konstantin Romodanovsky, Director of the Russian Federation Federal Migration Service
On April 3, 2012, the AEB Migration Committee held an open meeting with Mr. Konstantin Romodanovsky, Director of the Federal Migration Service. During the meeting, representatives of the FMS briefed the audience on further development of Russia’s migration policies. The participants also discussed recent practices with regards to implementation of Russia's agreements France, Korea, Belarus and Kazakhstan, work permit applications and other peculiarities of legal status of highly qualified specialists and their family members, etc. It was agreed that the FMS and the AEB will continue an intensive dialogue on migration related issues.
A Delegation from the AEB Board visited Brussels on the 21 and 22 March 2012, meeting with representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament and Brussels-based European business associations. For more information, please see the brief mission report.
B&N Group has signed a deal with Unicor management company to acquire the developer assets of Russian businessman Boris Ivanishvili for $982.5 million, Unicor said in a statement on Wednesday.
The world's largest social network Facebook will increase the size of its Initial Public Offering by almost 25 percent, possibly raising up $16 billion, the company said on Wednesday.
The Central Bank of Russia has doubled its reserve holdings of Canadian dollars to 1.6 percent to further diversify its holdings amid global market volatility, according to the Bank of Russia’s annual report released on Wednesday.
A Russian bank has denied issuing debit cards branded with the name of Russian opposition blogger Alexei Navalny, refuting a report in GQ magazine on Wednesday, quoting unnamed sources.
Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, who owns the British Evening Standard and The Independent newspapers, is to sell two Russian radio stations to billionaire Mikhail Gutseriyev for $14 million, Kommersant business daily reported on Wednesday.
The near certainty of a Greek departure from the eurozone, and doubt about what could happen in the aftermath of this, has seen global stocks take a further battering on Wednesday.
The board of directors of Russia's largest zinc producer, Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant, has recommended against paying a 2011 dividend, ahead of the scheduled June 27 annual shareholder meeting, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Czech power facilities designer and builder, PSG-International, has started construction of the Polyarnaya combined cycle heat and power plant in the north Russian city of Salekhard, the firm said on Wednesday.
Russia's largest private freight rail transportation group Globaltrans has completed the acquisition of 100 percent of Metalloinvesttrans captive freight rail transportation operator, Globaltrans said on Wednesday.
Danish brewer Carlsberg has made an offer to minority shareholders of Russia’s largest beer producer Baltika to purchase the remaining 15 percent of Baltika’s stock, the Russian firm said on Tuesday.
Indian and Chinese airlines have refused to supply the European Union with pollution data for last year, disobeying the EU’s decision to make air carriers pay emission charges, EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said on Tuesday.
Investigators are searching the Moscow office of leading Russian home electronics retailer, Eldorado, in a tax evasion probe, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Tuesday.
The board of directors of Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal JSC has recommended its annual shareholder meeting, scheduled for June 21, vote not to pay dividends for 2011, the company said in a statement on May 14.
Russian stocks continued their plunge on Tuesday, reaching fresh five-month lows as investors took flight due to worries over Greece’s political deadlock and Europe’s mounting debt.
VimpelCom saw its first quarter 2012 pro-forma net profit fall 29 percent year-on-year to $318 million to US GAAP, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday.
Russian food retailer Dixy saw fourth quarter 2011 net profit rise 6.8 percent year-on-year to 315 million rubles ($10 million) to IFRS, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
On April 27th, 2012, a briefing by Mr. Igor Artemiev, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, dedicated to parallel import issues took place at the AEB Conference Centre. Mr. Nurlan Aldabergenov, Minister for competition and antimonopoly regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and high-ranking FAS officials also took part in the discussion with AEB members. The meeting was moderated by Mr. Eugene Arievich, Chairman of the AEB Intellectual Property Sub-Committee, and Frank Schauff, the AEB CEO.
Mr. Ivan Grachev, the Chairman of the Russian Federation State Duma committee on Energy met with members of the AEB Energy and Energy Efficiency committees on the 10th of April, 2012. For more information about this meeting, please see the brief report in 
On April 3, 2012, the AEB Migration Committee held an open meeting with Mr. Konstantin Romodanovsky, Director of the Federal Migration Service. During the meeting, representatives of the FMS briefed the audience on further development of Russia’s migration policies. The participants also discussed recent practices with regards to implementation of Russia's agreements France, Korea, Belarus and Kazakhstan, work permit applications and other peculiarities of legal status of highly qualified specialists and their family members, etc. It was agreed that the FMS and the AEB will continue an intensive dialogue on migration related issues.
A Delegation from the AEB Board visited Brussels on the 21 and 22 March 2012, meeting with representatives from the European Commission, European Parliament and Brussels-based European business associations. For more information, please see the 
