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The company, located in the Gatchina district, is investing over 400 million rubles as part of its expansion to produce polymer additives and polymer bags for building materials. This will increase production capacity by 2.5 times. By 2026, when the project is completed, Denova LLC will boost output by 24 million polymer construction bags and 16,000 tons of additives annually. The new volumes will significantly meet the demands of construction companies in the Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Region. The project will create 50 new jobs. “The company’s project is about expanding production of polymer additives and materials. A new warehouse building and jobs will appear. The company is young; it made its mark recently and is already expanding production,” emphasized the head of the region.

The first investment agreement was concluded with the Orientir Group, which will build a new logistics hub for online retail in the Vsevolozhsky District. A multifunctional warehouse complex for the company Ozon, with a total area of 117.5 thousand square meters, will be constructed in the Yanino-2 area. The total investment volume will amount to 9 billion rubles. The project, which will be completed next year, provides for the creation of 5,000 jobs. "This location is symbolic for us. We are implementing an efficient project in a developing urban area, and it was very important for us to create new jobs nearby. Logistics is one of the main drivers of economic growth in the Leningrad region,” noted the head of the region, Alexander Drozdenko.

The agreement will allow the regional factory to increase the production of printers and peripheral devices by 75%, from 200,000 to 350,000 units per year. The company will invest over 1 billion rubles in the project's implementation, which is scheduled to be completed by 2027. Katyusha Print LLC (part of the IT ecosystem of JSC "Katyusha") is one of the leading developers of printing devices in Russia and operates a high-tech manufacturing facility in the village of Suoranda, Vsevolozhsky District. Since 2017, Katyusha's printing devices, which feature domestically produced motherboards and radio-electronic modules of their own design, have been available on the Russian market and have the highest level of localization in the country. "We see that electronics manufacturing is gaining momentum: in the Leningrad Region, it has grown by 45% since the beginning of the year! Katyusha is contributing to this growth. Initially, I was pleased with the good Russian name of the company that is expanding the production of multifunctional printers. This will create new jobs in the Zanevsky settlement," said Alexander Drozdenko.

Sixty students from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, studying in fields such as "Production Management," "Business Management," "Business Analytics," "Economics," and "Marketing," have been selected to participate through a competitive process. Student teams will work on assignments based on real cases from manufacturing enterprises in the Leningrad Region. They will develop solutions for all stages of project management and then prepare final presentations. Serving as mentors for these student teams will be graduates from the Presidential Program for Management Personnel Development from the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg—executives from both public and private companies. The event will consist of two parts. In the first part, each team will meet their mentor, receive information about the enterprise and the specific problem to be addressed, and then prepare a roadmap for project implementation. In the second part, following a short break, projects will be presented. An entrepreneurial jury will evaluate the relevance and quality of the presentations, and a counting commission will summarize and announce the results. Teams that secure the top three positions will be awarded diplomas and commemorative gifts. The hosts of the event are Lyubov Koryakova, a business consultant and head of the agency "SMART D-vision," and Vitaly Stelmasyonok, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Innovation at St. Petersburg State University of Economics, head of the Presidential Program and the MBA program "Sustainable Business Development" at the Higher Economic School of St. Petersburg State University of Economics. The event will commence on September 12 at 14:30.

Each year, agreements are signed between the participating companies and the regional government. Systematic collaboration with businesses and maintaining a favorable investment climate are key tasks for the Leningrad Region government. We take pride in the trust investors place in our region and strive to provide them with the most accessible resources and all available forms of state support. Last year, during BRIEF’23, four agreements were signed totaling 8.4 billion rubles. Over the previous five forums, a total of 16 investment agreements amounting to 22 billion rubles were signed. Many of these projects are being implemented in complex, high-tech sectors that demand advanced developments and modern technologies. For BRIEF24, it is planned to sign five more investment agreements totaling nearly 14 billion rubles. Some of these will involve the expansion of existing enterprises in the region, while others will focus on new projects, including the construction of production and warehouse complexes and the creation of road materials manufacturing.

Asia is emerging as a promising market for Russian goods, and both sides are taking steps to strengthen their relations. Today, exporting companies from the Leningrad Region participated in a meeting with the director of the "Termez" transport and logistics hub, located near Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The event was organized under the auspices of the national project "International Cooperation and Export" by the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activity, held at the Leningrad Region Center for Industrial Development. The meeting was initiated by the Consulate General of Uzbekistan. During the presentation, the region's business community was introduced to the advantages of the trading platform: - Acceptance of the Russian ruble alongside other currencies for wholesale and retail trade - Functioning customs checkpoint - Storage facilities for import-export and transit goods - Convenient geographical location Business representatives from the Leningrad Region were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion, scheduled for September 11 in the city of Termez, where the prospects for increasing trade turnover among friendly countries will be discussed.

"The first meeting of the Maritime Board, which was held today in Moscow by Nikolai Patrushev, focused on ensuring the safety and development of sea routes, port capacities, and the construction of new vessels. The Northern Sea Route, which can have its starting points at ports in the Leningrad region on the Baltic Sea, is gaining particular importance for the economy," reported the region's head, Alexander Drozdenko. He noted that the Northern Sea Route is a unique logistical corridor ready for operation. Basic port facilities have already been established along the route, along with a fleet of ice-class vessels and icebreakers. The construction of strategic industries on the northern coast is also nearing completion. The cargo volume transported via the Northern Sea Route in 2023 amounted to over 36.254 million tons, which is 250,000 tons more than the target figure. Compared to the 2022 figure, the cargo volume increased by almost 5.6%. It's expected that in 2024, the cargo volume will reach 72 million tons, and by 2030, around 193 million tons.

Representatives from regional investment agencies and development corporations, members of the NAAIR, participated in an external internship and industrial tour in the Tula region. Nelly Mayer, Head of the Investment Infrastructure Development Department of AERLO, together with colleagues from other regions of the country, studied tools for business support and promotion of investment potential. Special attention during the internship was given to the implementation of the regional investment standard, the effectiveness of the public-private partnership mechanism, and comprehensive support for investment projects. In addition to the lecture and practical sessions, the internship participants visited the enterprises of the AO "Plastik" industrial park and the Tula Dairy Plant. They also shared experiences in attracting investments in their regions and exchanged business contacts.

This was stated by Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Government. "The gross domestic product increased by 4.6%, and industrial production volume grew by 4.4%," noted the President of Russia. According to the Ministry of Economic Development's forecast, the Russian economy may grow by 2.3% in 2024 in the baseline scenario and by 1.4% in the conservative scenario. The International Monetary Fund has forecasted growth of up to 2.6%, while the World Bank predicts up to 2.9%. The highest GDP growth in 10 years was recorded in Russia in 2021, at 5.87%, according to data from Rosstat.

The meeting of the Council for Improving the Investment Climate in the Leningrad Region at BRIEF'24 will be opened by the speech of Dmitry Anatolyevich Yalov, Deputy Chairman of the Government and curator of the region's economic sector, Chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Investment Activities. Dmitry Anatolyevich is an expert at the Institute for Socio-Economic and Political Studies. He was recently awarded the "For Services to the Leningrad Region" medal, and in 2018, he became the winner of the "Leaders of Russia" competition. Additionally, he has held various positions in the Department of Priority National Projects and the Government Apparatus of the Russian Federation, and from 2009-2010, he served as the Acting Minister of Economic Development, Labor, Science, and Higher Education of the Irkutsk Region. How is the economy of the Leningrad Region adapting to new challenges? What are the expectations for increased investment activity based on? Can we expect an increase in real income and wages? Prospects for our region amidst growing talent shortages and other topics are covered in the introductory report "Strategy for Socio-Economic Development 2030."