Chess came into my life many years ago. Like many Russian boys and girls in the Soviet Union, I played chess at home, took part in competitions, and red many chess books and books about […]
Category: Blog in English
HAppy new year!
Merry and Safe Christmas! Happy New 2021 Year! This festive season is going to be unlike any we’ve experienced before, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still be a special time!
my cities of silk road
For the third time, I will be moderating the Cities Mayors Forum “Global Silk Road”, which will take place on 18th November 2020 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan’s capital. Among speakers of the Forum mayors of Kazan […]
russia calling
Investment Forum “Russia Calling” has been held annually since 2009. VTB Capital organises it. Russia Calling is the largest investment forum in Russia with the most influential speakers from the Russian government and the international […]
media around us
Technology and media are shaping our lives today and determine our life tomorrow. We have our ways to choose technology. Some new technologies are so advanced that not everybody can welcome them to their lives. […]
my azerbaijan
I came to Azerbaijan for the first time in 2014. on 16th of September 2014 I was part of the BBC World event “Bringing Azerbaijan to the world”, which we organised in Baku. Thank you […]
my tatarstan
This year Tatarstan celebrates its 100th anniversary. I think that now is the best time for me to remember “My Tatarstan”. I had a lot of business meetings in Tatarstan, but I would like to […]
kazakhstan temir zholy
I have been travelling around Kazakhstan for the last 30 years but never had a chance to go around by my favourite means of transport – by railway. Nevertheless, a lot of my time in […]
MY kazakhstan
I travelled to Kazakhstan for the first time back in 1990. Thirty years passed since I flew to Almaty on one of the first flights by British Airways from London. BA flights were suspended in […]
