POLITICS
SECOND AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC FORUM OPENED IN BAKU
The Forum is organized by the state, public and business structures, including NIKOIL - which is among the ten biggest banks in Azerbaijan.
One of the NIKOIL’s stockholders is the Russian financial corporation URALSIB.
Opening the event, Co-Chairman of the Azerbaijani-Russian economic cooperation commission, First Vice-Premier of Azerbaijan Abbas Abbasov spoke of the economic and political ties between the two countries.
Afterward, Viktor Khristenko, Russian Minister of Industry and Energy, addressed the forum regarding rapid advances in economy of Azerbaijan and Russia.
The forum, then, was addressed by Svetlana Orlova, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Araz Agalarov, President of the Crocus-International Company and Vice President of the All-Russian Congress of Azerbaijanis, Aleksandr Chernogorov, Governor of Russian Stavropol Krai, Ravil Maganov, Vice President of Lukoil Company, Fuad Abdullayev, Board Chairman of the “Azerbaijan-Moscow” International Bank and Vasiliy Khamaza, Board Chairman of NIKOIL Bank.