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The business program will start with a plenary discussion attended by the representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation on the topic Transport of Russia. Growth Strategy in the New Conditions.This year, Rossiya-24 TV-channel will broadcast the key business events of the Forum.

The panelists will discuss the rearranging of the existing transport and logistic chains and the need to develop transport infrastructure on the routes North-South, Eastern Corridor, and the Azov-Black Sea direction. The speakers will also discuss the necessary support for the industry development, the challenges concerning the growth in the share of Russian-made transport machines and increasing competitiveness of the Russian transport by means of digitalization projects. Aleksandr Suvorov, the journalist and newscaster of Rossiya-24 TV-channel, will moderate the plenary discussion.

Speakers:

• Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
• Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
• Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
• Igor Levitin, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
• Sergey Aleksandrovskiy, Director General of Aeroflot PJSC
• Oleg Belozyorov, Director General — Chairman of the Board of Russian Railways OJSC
• Vitaly Savelyev, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

Panelists (comments from the first row):

• Vyacheslav Petushenko, Chairperson of the Board of Russian Highways State Company
• Yevgeny Trusov, Member of the Board of VTB Infrastructure Holding
• Pavel Brusser, First Vice-President of GPB Bank JSC — Head of the Department of Infrastructural Projects and State-Private Partnership

Follow the on-line broadcasting of the plenary session at official sites of the Transport Week and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, and also on Rossiya-24 TV-channel.

For further information, please contact Transport Week Press Office:
media@leadercongress.ru