A group of SISTEMA JSFC executives led by Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors, are visiting Croatia as part of a Russian delegation to an international forum, Interregional Cooperation between the Central Federal Superdistrict of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Croatia and Countries of Southeastern Europe, held on June 3 and 4. The Russian delegation is led by Georgy Poltavchenko, the Federal President's Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal Superdistrict.

The Forum is to be attended by Stjepan Mesic, President of the Republic of Croatia; Nadan Vidosevic, President of the Croatian Economic Chamber; Ljubo Jurcic, Croatia's Economics Minister; Alexei Gordeyev, Vice Chairman of the Russian Government and Minister of Agriculture; Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov; governors of several oblasts in the Central Federal Superdistrict and Croatia; and representatives of both countries' business communities.

As the International Economic Forum gets under way, the delegations are to discuss economic and legal conditions for cooperation between regions of the Republic of Croatia and the Russian Federation, sign an agreement on cooperation in agriculture and the food industry, and hold a number of bilateral meetings.

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Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Chairman of SISTEMA JSFC's Board of Directors, is leaving tomorrow for London as a member of an official Russian delegation that will accompany Russian President Vladimir Putin on his state visit to the United Kingdom.

A Russian-British Energy Conference, "Long-Term Partnership", is to be held in London on June 26, within the framework of the visit. President Putin and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are to be the keynote speakers at the conference.

As a member of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Yevtushenkov will attend functions put on within the framework of President Putin's state visit and will have a series of personal business meetings.

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