Financial Congress of the Bank of Russia 2025 Officially Opened
The first day of the business program of the Financial Congress of the Bank of Russia commenced in Saint Petersburg. As per tradition, the event was opened with a plenary session featuring the Governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina.
The first day of the business program of the Financial Congress of the Bank of Russia commenced in Saint Petersburg. As per tradition, the event was opened with a plenary session featuring the Governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina. The discussion focused on the prospects for economic development and achieving an optimal growth trajectory. Participants in the discussion included the President and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, Herman Gref; the Chairman of the Executive Board of VTB Bank, Andrey Kostin; the Director for Artificial Intelligence Development at Yandex, Alexander Kraynov; and the Chairman of the Executive Board of Gazprom Neft, Alexander Dyukov. The session is moderated by Doctor of Economics and Head of the Department at Moscow State University, Filipp Kartaev.
Following the first session, a dialogue took place between Elvira Nabiullina and special guest Fatih Karahan, Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye. The first day of the Congress concluded with a plenary session dedicated to trends and prospects for the development of the Russian financial market. Speakers included Vladimir Verkhoshinsky, Chief Executive Officer of Alfa-Bank; Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Gazprombank; Ekaterina Chernykh, General Director of Modern Real Estate Funds Management Company; Vladimir Chistyukhin, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia; and Sergey Shvetsov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Moscow Exchange. The session was moderated by Elina Tikhonova, Head of Investment Programs at RBC-TV.
Over the following two days, sessions’ participants will discuss a wide range of topics related to the capital market, savings and investments, the platformization of the economy, the piloting of the digital ruble, and many other subjects.
The broadcast of the Financial Congress will be available on the official website.
In 2025, the general partners of the event are Alfa-Bank, VTB, Gazprombank, DOM.RF Bank, the Moscow Exchange, and Sber. Official partners include the Mir payment system and the Faster Payments System (FPS), PSB, Russian Agricultural Bank, Sovcombank, and T-Bank. Congress partners include NPF Blagosostoyanie and Tochka Bank. The general media partner is Interfax.