Results Of IX Investment Forum Sochi 2010

IX International Investment Forum "Sochi 2010" registered more than 8000 people, including 3,505 Russian participants and 569 foreign ones. VIP status was granted to 1281 participants. Thre were more than 1,281 accredited media representatives. 

16-19 September 2010 in Sochi for the ninth time has passed the international investment forum. It was attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session "The investment climate: objectives, expectations and results", 8 federal ministers, the President of the Republic of Abkhazia, S. Bagapsh and South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity, 13 heads of diplomatic missions of foreign states.

 The Forum was attended by representatives from 32 countries: Abkhazia, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, China, Canada, Nigeria, Poland, Slovakia, USA, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Japan, etc. including 6 of governmental delegations (Abkhazia, Armenia, Turkey, Montenegro, Czech Republic, South Ossetia), and business missions of Germany, Iceland, Italy, and France.

The Forum presented delegations of 53 Russian regions. 32 regions headed by the head of the subjects. 

 The main event of the Forum was the plenary session "The investment climate: objectives, expectations and results."

The conference "Regions in the competition for investors" an expanded meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on the preparation and holding the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, and 40 round tables, which were attended by more than a thousand people, as well as 2 Business lunches with representatives of major Russian and foreign business. There were presentations of 9 subjects of the Russian Federation.

During the business program of the Forum  376 agreements worth 768 billion rubles were signed.

26 regions of Russia signed 88 agreements worth 240 billion rubles. (Without regard to the Krasnodar Territory). Krasnodar Region signed at the Sochi forum 257 agreements worth about 382 billion rubles.

 In the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin 4 large government agreement and an agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia on the checkpoints on the Russian-Abkhaz border were signed.
 
Program of cultural and sporting events was traditional. A concert by Tom Jones for the Forum participants, guests and residents of Sochi, as well as performances by famous Russian bands and collectives.As part of the sports program of the Forum held an international marathon rally of the Silk Road, the business regatta Sochi 2010, tennis tournament for the prizes of the governor of the Krasnodar region, the open boundary sailing competition. 

The Forum covered the 1,280 representatives of Russian and foreign media, including TV (Russia 24, Euronews, Russia Today, 1 channel, 5 channel, NTV, RBC TV, Bloomberg, National TV of Italy, Germany and National TV, etc.), radio (FM Business , Europe, Radio 7, Radio Retro, lighthouse-Vesti FM, etc.), online agency (RIA Novosti, Interfax, ITAR-TASS news agency, Itar-Tass, etc.), publications (World Business Review, Die Welt, Expert , Finance, the Russian newspaper, Vedomosti, Izvestia, Economic Newspaper, etc.).

Broadcast of the plenary meeting of the Forum was carried live on the federal TV channel Russia 24 and the boundary of the STC Broadcasting Company.