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Rosseti Group is one of the world's largest power grid holdings and a supplier of electricity to consumers in 82 regions of Russia. Rosseti operates 2.5 m. km of power transmission lines and electrical substations with a total capacity of 877 GVA. The grids of Rosseti Group transmit over 80% of all electrical power generated in the country. The Group has 45 subsidiaries, including 19 distribution network companies. Rosseti headcount is about 235,000 people. The controlling shareholder of the parent company, Rosseti PJSC, is the Government represented by the Federal Agency for State Property Management.

The NRC «Kurchatov Institute» is one of the world's leading scientific centers and the largest interdisciplinary national laboratory in the country. The Center concentrates the scientific, technological and human resources potential which serves for the advancement of groundbreaking fields of science and technology. The development and mastering of promising industries based on large, unique research and technological infrastructure and complexes of megascience class. A significant part of Russia's scientific complex is concentrated under the auspices of the NRC «Kurchatov Institute». The Center carries out research and development in a wide range of areas of modern science: from nuclear energy, information technology, modern materials science and elementary particle physics to high-tech medicine, genetics and nature-like technologies. Since its foundation, the Kurchatov Institute has been using an interdisciplinary approach aimed at the full cycle: from fundamental research to final technologies. The NRC «Kurchatov Institute» is the head scientific organization of several federal scientific and technical development programs.

(Konstantin Valerievich MAER - founder, owner and CEO). MAER Media Holding was founded in 2003 by Konstantin Maer. Today the company is the leader of the Russian out-of-home advertising market by the area of media facades. The unified network of digital surfaces in Moscow and key regions of the country provides over 7.9 billion visual contacts per month. Media Holding has patented about 24 proprietary technological solutions. These include an operating system for Wi-Fi sniffers, a system for processing, storing, and analyzing MAC addresses, a programmatic platform using O2O (offline-to-online) technology, a system for displaying text and graphic content, and a video server that allows receiving signals for broadcasting from multiple cameras. MAER is a communication partner of SPIEF, WEF, Forum "Strong Ideas for New Times" and National Brand Competition; #MYVMESTE, Urban Awards, "Car of the Year", WOW Awards and "Reputation" Awards and others. Information partnership agreements have been signed with News Agency TASS, Autonomous non-profit organization "National Priorities", Agency for Strategic Initiatives, Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, Roscosmos State Corporation, International Sambo Federation (FIAS), State Historical Museum, etc.

VTB Bank is an international financial group, offering a wide range of financial and banking services and products. In Russia VTB provides a full range of banking services through a wide network of branches. Its subsidiary organisations offer leasing, factoring and other financial services and products.

NOVATEK is Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer. Founded in 1994, the Company is engaged in exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons.

The company’s reserve to production ratio as of the end of 2024 is 26 years.

Developing competitive natural gas liquefaction facilities is the Company's main strategic focus.

Yamal LNG, the Company's largest LNG project, is located on the Yamal Peninsula. It is an integrated project for production, liquefaction and export of natural gas. NOVATEK has developed and patented its own medium-scale and large-scale natural gas liquefaction processes.

NOVATEK has developed and patented a unique innovative technology to build LNG plants consisting of large-sized modules on gravity-based structures (GBS). The Company has applied this proprietary GBS LNG train solution to implement its Arctic LNG 2 project and plans to use it for future LNG projects.

The Company engages hundreds of Russian companies to develop its projects. Some of the solutions are tailor-made for the Company's projects, making them truly unique.

For its future LNG projects, the Company built an Offshore Superfacility Construction Center in Murmansk Region, which has a vital role to play for the LNG equipment manufacturing industry emerging in Russia.

As of today, the Offshore Superfacility Construction Center has completed the construction of GBS LNG Train 1 of the Arctic LNG 2 Project, which has been towed to the Utrenneye field.

The project produced its first LNG in December 2023.

The Company engages hundreds of Russian companies to develop its projects. Some of the solutions are tailor-made for the Company's projects, making them truly unique.

«Nornickel» is the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium, and one of the world’s leading producers of platinum and copper. The Company produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium and sulfur.

The Polar Division and the Trans-Baikal Division are Nornickel’s principal production sites in Russia.

Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta belonging to the Group is the only nickel refining plant in Finland.

«Nornickel» also includes Gipronickel Institute, a research and development facility located in Saint Petersburg (Russia), with branches in the cities of Norilsk and Monchegorsk.

Norilsk Nickel has its own global network of representative and sales offices in Russia and China.

When determining the strategy for its global operations and future development, «Nornickel» is focused on compliance with all social and environmental responsibility principles in the various countries in which it operates, which is essential for ensuring sustainable and efficient business development.

PhosAgro is among the global leaders in terms of the production of phosphate-based mineral fertilizers and high-grade phosphate rock with P2O5 content of 39% or higher.

Known for their excellent performance, the Company’s fertilizers are free of concentrations of toxic substances that are harmful to human health and soils. They are in demand in 100 countries around the world.

PhosAgro’s strategic priority is the Russian market, where the Company has, for many years, been the leader in total supplies of all types of fertilizers and a guarantor of national food security.

Over the past three years, PhosAgro has invested more than RUB 200 billion in development, including a record RUB 75 billion in 2024. During the same three-year period, the Company paid over RUB 200 billion in taxes and allocated RUB 40 billion to support social projects. The average salary at the Group’s enterprises has increased by 67% in the past three years. As a result of large-scale investments, the Company has nearly doubled its output of agrochemical products over the past 10 years, to a record 11.8 million tonnes in 2024.

VEB.RF as Russia’s leading development institution

VEB.RF operates under the Federal Law “On State Development Corporation VEB.RF”.

The primary objective is to contribute to Russia’s long-term economic growth. In partnership with commercial banks, VEB.RF provides financing for large-scale projects to develop the country’s infrastructure, industrial production and social sphere, strengthen its technological potential and improve the quality of life.

The highest governing body of VEB.RF is the Supervisory Board chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government Executive Office of the Russian Federation Dmitry Grigorenko.

In accordance with the Memorandum on Financial Policies, VEB.RF is involved in national projects aimed at implementing the May presidential decree. VEB.RF’s operating principles include activities without competition with commercial banks, transparency and break-even performance in project financing.

Igor Shuvalov is VEB.RF Chairman.

PJSC Promsvyazbank (PSB) is a universal bank founded in 1995.

PSB is one of the Russian largest banks and in the list of systemically important credit institutions, approved by the Central Bank, legally defined as a pivotal bank for carrying out operations under the state defense order and large state contracts.

PSB offers a wide range of services for retail and corporate clients, including defense industry enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, including settlement and cash services, various lending and savings programs, brokerage and investment services in the financial markets, leasing and factoring operations, payroll projects and remote services.

ROSKINO is a government organization representing the Russian audiovisual content industry in international markets. It promotes films, series, and animation, and the creative potential of Russia. It also promotes co-production opportunities. ROSKINO is the legal successor of Sovexportfilm whose history dates back to 1924.

ROSKINO's activities are also aimed at strengthening Russia's image in the international arena and developing the exports of Russia's creative industries.

ROSKINO promotes Russian content in key international markets and other industrial venues (forums, conferences, festivals), organizing the participation of Russian companies under the single brand Russian Content Worldwide (RCW).

Russian information channel “Russia 24” Russian information channel “Russia 24” is the undisputed leader of fieldwork with the most important events – maximum live broadcasts, crews in the very action, access to true-to-fact information. Three quarters of Russians note that “Russia 24” is the main source of information for them and more than half of the respondents states that they watch the TV channel regularly. According to the information and analytics system Medialogiya, “Russia 24” holds the highest citation index among Russian TV channels in 2023. TV channel “Russia 24” has created a single information space in the country, providing one-time access to the news to everyone from Kamchatka to Kaliningrad.

RIA Novosti is the flagship website of the Rossiya Segodnya media group. The agency’s correspondent network covers over 120 cities in the world. The agency is the most quoted Russian media outlet, including on social media. RIA Novosti’s total audience on social media is around 12 million subscribers.

Federal State Unitary Enterprise “TASS Russian News Agency (ITAR-TASS)” TASS, Russia's leading state news agency, celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2024. Every day TASS releases about 3,000 news items in six languages. More than 1,700 employees ensure the real-time operation of the agency. TASS regional information centers in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Pyatigorsk, dozens of correspondents in Russian regions, as well as 62 representative offices in 57 countries ensure the dissemination of accurate information about events in Russia and around the world. TASS is the only media outlet in the world that has its own correspondent on the International Space Station. The tass.ru website is one of the largest online media platforms in Russia with over 147 million people visiting the site every year. TASS's Media Bank has 60 million pieces of content, including contemporary news photos and videos, materials of the agency's partners, stock footage, infographics and archival images from the late 19th century. The agency releases more than 17,000 pieces of content daily, including about a thousand photo and video materials from its own correspondents in Russia and abroad.

MIC Izvestia is the first multimedia information center in Russia. MIC Izvestia includes Internet news portal IZ.ru, 24/7 news channel Izvestia (IZ.RU), Izvestia newspaper, Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, the news services of REN TV channel and Channel Five, and regional TV Channel 78. MIC Izvestia is a multi-purpose platform for generating multi-format information content (TV, print, online). Monthly online audience of MIC Izvestia is about 60 mln people, TV audience – 80 mln people. MIC Izvestia is constantly getting into the top 3 news online sources according to LiveInternet. The Center also runs a brand new Internet portal called IZ.ru allowing for both twenty-four-hour news TV broadcasting and socio-political publishing. The editorial team works in an innovative format, and simultaneously broadcasts in several formats, including news, video, photo, and analytics. Users can see the hottest news in the crawl line, and enjoy a number of modern visualization tools, such as 3D infographics with location-based maps, photo and video elements. The 360-degree camera provides for the participation effect. The portal has many state-of-the-art interactive features, such as auto-attendant and text-to-speech.

Vedomosti is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published by JSC “Business News Media”. For 25 years Vedomosti is a reliable and up-to-date source of an objective and relevant analytical information for top managers, decision-makers and government representatives. Top managers and business owners constitute the major part of the newspaper’s audience (49%), which proves the highest standards of business reporting. Except of featuring business news Vedomosti contains a variety of supplements. Official website: www.vedomosti.ru Business News Media JSC info@vedomosti.ru www.vedomosti.ru

RT is a global TV news network providing news, current affairs and documentaries in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Serbian, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi and Russian; it also includes sister multimedia news agency RUPTLY. RT is available to more than 900 mln TV viewers in more than 100 countries around the world. Just in 2024, RT projects received more than 23 billion views online. RT covers stories overlooked by the mainstream media, provides alternative perspectives on current affairs, and acquaints international audiences with a Russian viewpoint on news. Throughout the years RT has worked with leading international media and public sphere personalities, such as renowned broadcasting legend Larry King, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond, former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa and many others. The network is the winner of the Monte Carlo TV Festival Award for best 24-hour newscast and an eleven-time Emmy finalist.

Business FM - Russia’s first business radio station. Broadcasting in Moscow at the frequency 87,5 FM Saint-Petersburg – 107,4 FM Ufa – 107,5 FM Kaliningrad – 101,8 FM Ekaterinburg – 99,4 FM Krasnoyarsk – 104,2 FM Сhelyabinsk – 100,8 FM Nigniy Novgorod – 107,8 FM Novosibirsk – 105,7 FM Kazan – 93,5 FM Barnaul – 90,7 FM Krasnodar – 106,8 FM Samara – 91,5 FM Obninsk – 105,4 FM Kemerono – 107,3 FM Anapa – 95,5 FM Business FM provides an exclusive product for a small segment of the general public, but the most active and influential one, which in minutes must have the full spectrum of information about money. Business FM is a member company of the RUMEDIA group of companies. https://t.me/BFMnews pr@rumedia.fm

Publishing house «Argumenty i Fakty» publishes same-titled and the largest weekly edition in Russia, as well as regional and topical applications. «Argumenty i Fakty» is the federal weekly newspaper number 1, a leader among of the social-political weekly in audience, sales, subscription and federal quality of edition (according to Mediascope and the Bureau of edition audit). Web-site of the Publishing House «Argumenty i Facty» AiF.ru is ranked in the top-10 Russian media reports, according to Liveinternet and Mediascope. Monthly site visits more than 30 million people. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Publishing house «Argumenty i fakty» Ruslan Novikov Editor in chief of the newspaper «Argumenty i Fakty» Michael Chkanikov

“RG Media” is a media holding with a 30—year history that provides timely and reliable information about the most significant events of federal, regional and international scale 24/7. It explores news, reports, exclusive interviews, and comments from statesmen and influential representatives of business, political and cultural life of the country in all digital formats and print.

The media holding includes:

“Rossiyskaya Gazeta” , a daily print publication that is the leader in terms of the volume of the federal audience among daily socio-political newspapers.

“Rossiyskaya Gazeta – Nedelya”, a weekly issue for family reading, offering its audience not only key topics analytics for the week, but also explaining federal initiatives and significant events in the country in an accessible way.

“Rodina”, a monthly historical magazine with a 145–year history.

RG.RU, an information portal that occupies a leading position in terms of the site's audience among the media.

The Mir International Television and Radio Company (hereinafter referred to as Mir) was established in 1992 with the aim of preserving a common information space and promoting international information exchange within the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Today, Mir is a media conglomerate that includes the Mir and Mir 24 TV channels, the Mir radio station, the MIR24.TV news and analytical web portal, as well as the Mir-Teleport multifunctional satellite system.

The Mir TV channel broadcasts in the founding states: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It is also available to audiences in Turkmenistan and Estonia in four time zone versions (0, +2, +4, and +7), in both SD and HD formats.

The multimedia portal MIR24.TV (mir24.tv) ranks among the Top 100 Russian-language media websites. In 2024, the portal recorded over 81 million views and 46 million unique visitors. Additionally, the Mir radio station’s website (radiomir.fm) is continuously updated and maintained around the clock.

Komsomolskaya Pravda Media Group is the largest multimedia holding with a 100–year history, producing its own unique content for an audience of millions.

The list of publications of the Media Group includes the daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, the weekly issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda, the online publication Komsomolskaya Pravda, radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, the TV guide Teleprogramma, the specialized publication for doctors The Good Doctor and the book publishing house Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Monthly traffic to the KP website — 62.9 million worldwide, and the total number of subscribers in KP communities on social networks is 7.8 million.The FM broadcasting area of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station is more than 400 settlements in Russia, and the average daily audience of the radio station is 2.2 million people

Lenta.ru is the largest federal online media in Russia, included in the top 5 most cited Internet resources in Russia (according to Medialogy, 2023), and is also one of the most viral media on the Russian-language Internet (Brand Analytics, 2023). Lenta.ru is a multiple winner of the Runet Prize, the finalist of TEFI-Multimedia and of a number of other industry awards and competitions. Lenta.ru is a part of the media holding Rambler&Co.

Gazeta.Ru is the socio-political online media, one of the top 3 most cited Internet resources in Russia (according to Medialogy, 2023). The media which around the clock covers the common Russian and world agenda and also shapes it with its exclusive materials. Gazeta.Ru is a part of the media holding Rambler&Co.

On 5 February 2008, a new radio station, Vesti FM, made its debut in Moscow on the 97.6 MHz frequency.

The station quickly became one of the flagships of Russian news broadcasting, winning over audiences in both capitals and many major cities from Murmansk to Vladikavkaz. Up-to-the-minute news, engaging original programmes, exclusive interviews, live broadcasts and special reports all make Vesti FM dynamic, lively and engaging.

Together with our guests, including prominent politicians, respected experts and opinion leaders, we provide listeners with the most comprehensive picture of the day, high-quality analysis of events in Russia and the world and help them navigate the flood of information.

A mark of our quality came in 2015 when Vesti FM was awarded the prestigious Radiomania National Award for professional excellence and the largest audience growth among news radio stations that season. And we don’t intend to stop there. “First with the main news” is the motto we bring to life every day.

Our content distribution system, audience reach and listener trust are unparalleled in Russia. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Vesti FM is classified as a publicly accessible radio channel, included in the federal package of mandatory, free-to-air digital channels, and available nationwide across virtually all broadcasting platforms.

For more than 160 years, "Vokrug sveta" has been a monthly educational publication for the whole family, covering topics such as travel, amazing corners of our planet, historical events, famous people, scientific discoveries, and technical achievements. The magazine and website "Vokrug sveta" focus on the world we live in. It is the official media partner of the Russian Geographical Society.

FederalPress is one of the largest interregional media holdings in Russia. It includes the expert information channel UralPolit.Ru, the federal news agency RIA FederalPress, a ratings centre, the socio-political magazine FederalPress, the business publication FederalPress.Business Review, and the urban online portal Global City.

“REGIONAL RUSSIA” is a full-color, glossy, journalistic federal publication on the life of the regions of the country.

PATRIOT-magazine, COMPANION-magazine. PARTNER-MAGAZINE: It serves to find and disseminate the best experience, effectively helps everyone who, developing their business, contributes to the overall progress. A responsible constructive approach is beneficial.

10 rooms per year (since September 2010). PI Registration Certificate No. ФС77-41993.

Founder and related structures - Publishing House «Otechestvo» LLC, ROO Center for Social and Economic Strategie

NEWS.ru is a Russian online news publication, that covers major events in Russia and around the world.

Our key mission is to help understand the huge flow of information and explain global developments in simple language. In the 21st century, it’s challenging to distinguish reliable facts from misinformation and understand the details, but the NEWS.ru team does everything to ensure that the user can get a true and detailed picture of events.

The portal was launched in 2017 and has established itself in the market as a authoritative media outlet with a balanced approach to presenting information. It ranks among the top 10 media outlets in terms of citation and the top 30 in terms of readability.

The Expert magazine is a unique business publication sharing with its readers its deep understanding of the Russian economy and international business, it delves deeply into the social and political context of world developments, reports on science and innovation. The Expert makes available to its readers a large body of carefully researched data, provides detailed economic analyses, forecasts and ratings, covering multiple industries, and also publishes interviews with key figures from the world of business.

Sputnik is an international news agency and radio broadcaster that is part of the Russia Today media group. Sputnik operates websites in dozens of languages, as well as analogue and digital radio broadcasting and news wires in English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, and Farsi. The audience of Sputnik’s information platforms exceeds 17.1 million visitors per month (LiveInternet, January 2025), with a total social media subscriber count of over 25.7 million. Sputnik has 25 editorial offices worldwide. The agency’s multifunctional press centres operate in 11 countries, hosting hundreds of press events annually, including interactive video conferences. Sputnik’s headquarters are located in Moscow.

The Project Office for Arctic Development Expert Centre (PORA Expert Centre) was established on 7 December 2017. Our headquarters are located in Moscow, while public representatives and correspondents operate in eight Arctic regions. PORA has ambitious goals aimed at increasing public awareness in our great country about the unique and unparalleled Arctic. The Centre’s activities are diverse and wide-ranging, just like the Arctic itself, and they encompass social, economic, and environmental aspects of human life in the northern regions of our homeland.

Communication Agency Neftegaz.RU the leader in the information field of the fuel and energy complex since 2000. Is a multi-profile platform: news website, Marketplace and business magazines.

Attendance of the news website is more than 30 000 people per day The website contains operational information, news, and analytics.

Marketplace Neftegaz.RU-this is an electronic B2B-Commerce platform.

Business magazine Neftegaz.RU- monthly publication which is in the HCC list

Address: 123001, Russia, Moscow, Blagoveshchensky lane, 3 building 1

(495) 778 41 01, info@neftegaz.ru, www.neftegaz.ru

Arctic TV channel - 16 years on air in Murmansk and Murmansk region, daily and 24 hours a day.

According to the channel's broadcasting concept, more than 90% of the on-air video is self-made content and Russian production.

Every week the channel airs more than 10 programs produced by Arctic TV.

News and information programs, current problems of the city and the region, acute social reports, political and economic news, entertainment and youth programs.

Every day the channel airs programs covering cultural, economic and political spheres of Murmansk life. The program “Results” - tells about the most important events in the city for the past week. “Simply put” - interviews with representatives of medicine, culture, art, commercial enterprises and law enforcement agencies, about the problems of Murmansk and ways to solve them. Communal digest “City Chronicles”: tells about new public spaces in the city, about repairs and improvements of urban areas.

The TV company takes part in the government programs aimed at promoting the memorable dates of the military history of the Fatherland, patriotic education of citizens, prevention of terrorism, promotion of a healthy lifestyle.

During this time we have produced more than 50 documentaries.

TV21+ is the first non-state TV channel of the Murmansk region, established in 1992. Currently, it is a publicly available regional TV channel broadcasting on channel 21 in all cable networks of Murmansk and Murmansk region. TV21+ segments can also be watched on the publicly available federal channel OTR on channel 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00 (GMT

+3) daily.

TV21+ is easily accessible on International Online Lime TV (LimeHD.tv). The service is available on PCs and laptops, smartphones and tablets, set-top boxes and TVs with Smart-TV.

According to the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN), the total broadcast coverage reaches 94.4% of the region's population, amounting to approximately 600,000 TV viewers, 24 hours a day.

The website of TV21 TV Company ranks among the top three internet resources in the Murmansk region. The TV21+ group is also popular on the social network VKontakte at vk.com/ tv21_life, on Telegram at t.me/tv21_life, and on the VK Video channel at vkvideo.ru/@tv21_life.

TV21+ has received prestigious honours in the world of television awards. The TV program News on TV21+ won the “TEFI-Region” competition (the all-Russian TV contest) in 2023. Another TV21+ program, Our Morning, took the “TEFI-Region” award in 2011. Over the years, TV21+ projects have been finalists in the “TEFI-Region” competition across various categories four times.

“Murmansky Vestnik” is the leading daily periodical of Murmansk Region devoted to current topics of public, political and cultural life. Being the only daily regional socio-political newspaper it contains publications of journalists, political scientists, historians and art critics.

The municipal newspaper of the city of Murmansk. It has been published since January 2, 1991. It is published 4 times a week in A3 format.

The newspaper covers events in Murmansk and the Murmansk region. Analytical articles and comments, an overview of social issues and economics, cultural and sports events are published on the pages of the newspaper. The main city newspaper of the regional center.

«SeverPost» is the leading news agency in the Murmansk Oblast that covers daily fresh news, analytical information, interviews and experts' opinions on current issues. The agency has for two years on end been recognized as the most-cited mass media of the region. Countries of the Barents Region like Norway, Finland and Sweden and the Arctic zone are of a particular interest for «SeverPost».