Protest at The Russian Economic Forum
“The largest Russian business event of the year”

With executive speakers from BP, the WTO, British Airways, ChevronTexaco, and many more (see below for full list).

18-20th April, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, directly opposite Westminster Abbey, London.

Noise demo: 8.30am Monday 19th April. Meet St James’ Park, corner nearest the conference centre. Nearest tube: Westminster or St James’ Park.
Demonstrate at the Gala Drinks Reception: 19th April, 7pm at the Hotel Intercontinental, 1 Hamilton Place London W1J 7QY. Nearest tube: Hyde Park Corner.
Affinity group actions encouraged throughout the conference.

The Russian Economic Forum is an annual event which claims to explore “critical issues related to Russia’s continuing political, economic and social development”.

According to their website “Participation in the Russian Economic Forum is an absolute must for any Western CEO, fund manager, investment banker or journalist with more than a passing interest in Russia, and any Russian industrialist, entrepreneur or banker with serious international interests or aspirations.”

What this means is that senior representatives of the some of the most destructive industries, including oil companies, mining companies, and banks will be in the same place at the same time, and we’ll be there too!

Registration for the conference takes place on the evening of the 18th, with the conference itself on the 19th and 20th.

More information: www.eventica.co.uk or in Russian: www.russiaforum.com
To contact the conference organisers:  info@eventica.co.uk or 020 7510 2560.
See the conference programme at:  http://www.actionexport.co.uk/downloads/russian_programme.pdf

Called by London Earth First! Contact:  eflondon@ziplip.com or 07751 432240.

Confirmed speakers include:
Alexei Kudrin, Russian Minister of Finance
Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive of BP
Digby Jones, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Rod Eddington, Chief Executive of British Airways plc
Sir Roderic Lyne KBE CMG, Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Russian Federation
Francois Lamoureux, Director General for Energy and Transport, European Commission
Roger Munnings, President and CEO of KPMG Russia and CIS
Andrei Kostin, Chairman, Vneshtorgbank
Anatoly Chubais, CEO, RAO Unified Energy System of Russia
Aleksei Mordashov, Chairman of Severstal-Group
Victor Vexelberg, Chief Operating Officer & Member of the Board for TNK-BP
Kakha Bendukidze, General Director of OMZ (United Heavy Machinery)
Boris Fyodorov, Former Russian Minister of Finance
Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck, Member, Board of Managing Directors, Deutsche Bank
Valery Gergiev, Artistic and General Director of the Marinsky Theatre
Peter Aven, President, Alfa Bank
Peter Hambro, Chairman and CEO, Peter Hambro Mining plc
Alexander Livshits, Deputy General Director, Russian Aluminium, former Russian Minister of Finance
Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman, London Stock Exchange
Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, Member, Corporate Executive Committee/Managing Board, Siemens AG
Sam Laidlaw, Executive Vice President for Business Development at ChevronTexaco
Frank Dunn, President and CEO of Nortel Networks
Nani Beccalli-Falco, President and CEO, Europe, Middle East, Africa, General Electric
Derk Sauer, CEO of Independent Media
Lilia Shevtsova, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Quentin Peel, International Affairs Editor, FT
Charlie Ryan, Chairman and CEO, United Financial Group
Ilya Yurov, Chairman, Trust Investment Bank
Nani Beccalli-Falco, President and CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa, General Electric