Results

Total MEPs: 751

Voters: 617

Did Not Vote: 52

Absent: 82

Voters FOR: 485 MEPs (79%)

Voters AGAINST: 120 MEPs (19%)

Voters: ABSTENTION: 12 MEPs (2%)

86% of MEPs voted along European Political Group Lines

Results by Member States (FOR/AGAINST)

Board

Board

1. Chairman of the Board: Philippe Pegorier, Alstom
2. First Deputy Chair: Olga Bantsekina, Coleman Services UK Ltd.
3. Deputy Chairman: Teemu Helppolainen, YIT
4. Deputy Chairman & Treasurer: Tobias Luepke, EY
5. Board Member: Michael Akim, ABB Russia
6. Board Member: David Gray, PwC
7. Board Member: ROCA in Russia and CIS
8. Board Member: Gerald Sakuler

Management

Bilateral relations: Obstacles and Catalysts for the EU-Russian relationship

EU policy-making towards Russia has always been characterized by the push and pull factors of diverse national (i.e. domestic) and EU-level incentives and constraints. Two points are important to make, and which are important to understand the way in which the EU’s common policy towards Russia has developed.

President: Rosario Alessandrello

Vice-Presidents:

1. Yury Agapov: Director General
2. Paolo Clerici: Chairman & CEO Coeclerici Group
3. Oleg Demchenko: President Irkut Corporation
4. Dmitry Kurochkin: Lawyer, Dechert Russia LLC
5. Natela Shengeliya: Head of Representation Office of Renova Group
6. Roberto Snaidero: President Federlegno-Arredo
7. Vincenzo Trani: Chairman General Invest

Board of Directors

RBCC Patron: HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO

Honorary Presidents:

1. HE Alexander Yakovenko, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Court of St. James
2. Mr Tim Barrow CMG LVO MBE, HM Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Chairman of the Board: Roger Munnings CBE

President: Charles Hendry MP

Board of Directors

Board Members

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation is a non-governmental, non-profit organization uniting its members for meeting the tasks and objectives set out in the Russian Federation Law on Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Russian Federation and the Chamber’s own Charter.
 

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation represents the interests of small, medium and big business and encompasses all business sectors- manufacturing, domestic and foreign trade, agriculture, the finance system and services.
 

The “Dialogue Franco-Russe” Association was established in 2004 by both Russian and French key figures coming from various circles, who wished all to develop the cooperation between the two countries. From the beginning, the association was placed under the patronage of the French and Russian Presidents, Jacques Chirac and Vladimir Putin. The Association « French-Russian Dialog » is co-chaired since 2012 by Thierry Mariani, French Member of the Parliament representing the French living abroad and former Minister, and Vladimir Yakunin, former Chairman of the Russian Railways (RZD).