The third special edition of Open to the World, a publication by the Russian Convention Bureau, presents answers of leading experts of the event industry to the question asked in the heading of the publication.

In this work the Research Centre NAFI studies how Europeans perceive Russia as a tourist destination.

This report presents the Polar Index ratings. Polar Index is a joint project of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) expert center and the Environmental Economics Chair, Lomonosov Moscow State University. The project is aimed at promoting the sustainable development principles in the Russian Arctic.

This issue of the Roscongress Insider analytical digest explores the position of Russia’s regions and Russia as a whole in international trade in ICT services.