Moscow. June 17. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker became the most frequently mentioned in Russian mass media participant the first day Peterburgskogo international economic forum in the “Power”, the data in the system of media analysis “SKAN-Interfax”.
During the first day, the head of the European Commission assessed the situation in relations between the EU and Russia, saying that “Russia has capabilities, and on it the duty to use all resources in order to interact with the European Union as a partner.” He also noted that “for the EU and Russia, the price of fragmentation will be very high. Touched the speaker and the issue of lifting of sanctions, stating that “we need to ensure the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, no more, no less. This is the only way, after which to start our negotiations, and this is the only way for the lifting of economic sanctions.”
On the second place ranking is the Minister of economic development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev. Media quoted the statement of the Minister regarding the forecast for inflation, GDP growth, as well as his proposal to close 10 of 33 special economic zones: “Indeed, we have a serious claim to the institution of special economic zones, and especially to the work of many of them. We now have 33 of the SEZ. We believe that 10 of them be, simply, closure, liquidation.”
The third position is the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. Addressing the participants of the forum, he actively discussed the issue of relations between Russia and Europe, addressed the issue of lifting the sanctions, assessed the events in Ukraine. In particular, he suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift restrictions imposed by Russia in response to the adoption by the West of anti-Russian sanctions. “The strong must reach out first, the strongest – Russia, that President Putin” – he said Thursday at a session of the St. Petersburg international economic forum.
First place in the ranking of references of participants of the forum in the category “Business” is the head of “Gazprom” Alexey Miller. Media has quoted his statements about the forecasts for record on the delivery of Russian gas to Europe. “We expect that 2016 will be a record year, and Europe will deliver more gas than in 2015,” said Miller, speaking at the SPIEF. Also attention was drawn to his comments on the transfer of gas routes to the North and “Nord stream 2”.
In second place ranking is a head of “Rosneft” Igor Sechin. He actively commented on the situation in the oil market, predicting market growth: “These fundamentals of the oil markets in the short and medium term as steady demand growth, including new growth markets in developing countries, and the fall in investment activity in the sector should lead in the coming 4-5 years to radically change the situation on the market and its growth after stabilization.” In addition to that quoted his statements regarding the establishment of a joint venture with BP – “Ermak”.
On the third position – the head of Sberbank German Gref, which announced its forecasts for economic growth of the Russian Federation. “Next year, it may go to some figures, it’s hard to say how much, but it is obvious that in the medium term this growth will be low”, – said the head of Sberbank.
THE RATING OF REFERENCES. PERSON, THE POWER
Person
The number of references
Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission President
848
Alexei Ulyukayev, Minister of economic development of the Russian Federation
721
Nicolas Sarkozy, the former President of France
717
Alexei Kudrin, former Finance Minister
442
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
431
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
424
Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
413
Andrey Vorobyov, Governor of Moscow region
370
Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia
324
Georgy Poltavchenko, Governor of Saint-Petersburg
314
Alexander Novak, Minister of energy of the Russian Federation
237
Alex Dyumin, acting Governor of the Tula region
213
Arkady Dvorkovich, Deputy Prime Minister
206
Yuri Chaika, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
179
Rustam Minnikhanov, President of Tatarstan
159
Denis Manturov, Minister of industry and trade of the Russian Federation
143
Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s permanent representative to the EU
129
Sergey Aksenov, the head of the Republic of Crimea
119
Maxim Sokolov, Minister of transport of the Russian Federation
111
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
105
THE RATING OF REFERENCES. PERSON, BUSINESS
Person
The number of references
Alexey Miller, head “Gazprom”
437
Igor Sechin, the head of “Rosneft”
296
German Gref, head of Sberbank
276
Andrey Kostin, head of VTB
206
Vagit Alekperov, head of LUKOIL
157
Sergey Chemezov, head of rostec
141
Dmitry Strashnov, head of “Mail of Russia”
131
Alexander Dyukov, the head of “Gazprom Oil”
96
Oleg Budargin, the head of the state holding “Russian grids”
95
Petr Fradkov, head of Russian export centre (REC)
92
Sergey Kalugin, the head of “Rostelecom”
81
Sergey Kogogin, “KAMAZ”
80
Oleg Belozerov, the head of Russian Railways
78
Kirill Dmitriev, head of RDIF
75
Leonid Mikhelson, head of NOVATEK
64
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the head of the Board of Directors of AFK “Sistema”
63
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of “Gazprom”
61
Sergey Mikhailov, General Director of OJSC Cherkizovo Group
60
Boris Nuraliev, CEO of 1C
59
Andrey Nikitin, head of ASI
57
