A roundtable on The World in a Pandemic: Global
COVID-19 Strategies will be broadcast jointly by three TV stations at 16:00
(MSK) on 10 April 2020: state-owned nationwide news channel Russia-24, TASS
Russian News Agency, and Russian business news channel RBK TV. The roundtable
will look at strategies to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus being
adopted in Russia in the context of global best practice. This event is
organized by the Roscongress Foundation and Content Foundation for the
Development of Expert and Analytical Activity.
Participants will include Head of Federal Service and
Chief State Sanitary Physician of the Russian Federation Anna Popova; Minister
of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko; Minister of Economic Development of the
Russian Federation Maksim Reshetnikov; General Director of the Agency for
Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva; President of the Russian Union of
Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin; Deputy Chief Executive
Officer of Yandex Tigran Khudarvedyan; Chairman of the Board of Directors of
URALCHEM Dmitry Mazepin; CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill
Dmitriev; Social Policy and Corporate Communications Director of METALLOINVEST
LLC Yulia Mazanova, and others. Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov
will call in to participate in the roundtable.
During the roundtable representatives of Russian
authorities will analyze todays situation both in Russia and around the globe.
They will also comment on existing measures to fight the spread of the new
coronavirus COVID-19 in healthcare, economy, social policy, and international
humanitarian relief efforts. «This a true challenge, and our common task is to
weather the storm. People in Russia should feel our support and stay informed
about all the decisions. Authorities, business, non-profit organizations and
the society we need to protect should team up and work together. Today, this is
our common task,» noted Head of Federal Service and Chief State Sanitary
Physician of the Russian Federation Anna Popova.
The shock the global economy is experiencing due to
the COVID-19 pandemic cannot but affect entrepreneurship. Members of the
business community will add a valuable input to the roundtable. «Roscongress
and the Content Foundation launched a dedicated communications platform in
order to ensure the dialogue between business and government. This will help
keep the community informed about the existing government and business
initiatives to fight coronavirus. This
roundtable will become an opening event for a series of meetings. Participants
are expected to discuss the most essential topics during the war on the
pandemic in the social and economic spheres,» shared Elena Sokolova,
Director of the Content Foundation for the Development of Expert and Analytical
Activity.