Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region - slide package for a foreign investor

Elias Kallio October 2019 1 Contents

1. General information 3 2. Regional economy 6 3. Prosperity and consumption 19 4. External economic relations 23 5. Business environment 34 6. Additional information 38

The information in this document is compiled from a variety of sources. The Pan-European Institute assumes no responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of the information.

2 1. General information a) Geographical location

Distances from to some European capitals: Helsinki 300 km Tallinn 320 km Riga 490 km Moscow 630 km Vilnius 660 km Minsk 690 km Stockholm 690 km Warsaw 1030 km Oslo 1090 km Berlin 1320 km London 2100 km 2170 km

3 1. General information b) Basic facts

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Area 1 439 km2 84 500 km2 (% of ’s total) (0.008 %) (0.5 %) Population 5 383 890 1 847 867 (% of Russia’s total) (3.7 %) (1.3%)

Main cities - Gatchina (93.7), (76.4), Sosnovy Bor (68.3) (thousand people) Borders with Leningrad region Finland, Estonia, St. Petersburg, the Novgorod, , Vologda regions, Republic of Karelia Main industries Machine building, metallurgy, metal-processing, energy, Engineering, chemicals, forestry, agriculture, wood food, chemical and petrochemical, light industry, working, pulp and paper, food, fuel, construction non-ferrous metallurgy and power Natural resources Sand and gravel deposits, peat, clay, pebble, sandstones, Forest, bauxite, slate, limestone, phosphorite, clay, loam granite, gravel

• St. Petersburg is second densest populated Federal subject after Moscow out of 85* Federal subjects

4 *the international community does not recognize Crimea and City of Sevastopol as a part of Russia 1. General information c) Population and labor force (at the end of the year)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 City Region City Region City Region City Region City Region Population (thousand) 5 192 1 776 5 226 1 779 5 282 1 792 5 352 1 814 5 384 1 848 Population change from previous year (%) - - 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.7 1.3 1.2 0.6 1.9 Development of labor force – economically 2 846 913 2 905 917 2 971 922 2 991 943 3 010 930 active population (thousand) Of which unemployed (thousand) 39 43 62 49 50 44 50 45 45 40 Level of unemployment (ILO definition, %) 1.4 4.5 2.1 5.1 1.6 4.6 1.7 4.6 1.5 4.1 Number of pensioners (thousand) 1 409 484 1 443 497 1 481 512 1 514 524 1 548 536 8% Unemployment rate • Both, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region are doing quite good 5.6% 5.5% St. Petersburg is even having a constant labor shortage 6% 5.2% 5.2% 4.8% • Both regions are constantly developing and new districts are build in 5.1% Leningrad region, because the city of St. Petersburg is running out of 4% 4.5% 4.6% 4.6% space 4.1% 2.1% 1.7% • Leningrad region is also the only Federal subject out of 85* subjects, 2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% which government is completely located on a territory of another one St. Petersburg Leningrad region Russia 0% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 *the international community does not 5 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019, recognize Crimea and City of Sevastopol as a part of Russia 2. Regional economy a) Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region in the economy of Russia in 2017

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Value Share in Russia's total Value Share in Russia's total GDP (billion €) 58.2 5.1 % 14.6 1.3 % Economically active population (thousand) 2 991 3.9 % 943 1.2 % Retail trade (billion €) 20.1 4.5 % 5.6 1.2 % Investment in fixed capital (billion €) 10.2 4.2 % 5.1 2.1 % FDI (billion $) 5.9 3.9 % 5.3 3.5 % Exports (billion $) 21.8 6.2 % 6.0 1.6 % Imports (billion $) 22.9 9.6 % 3.4 1.7 % Enterprises (thousand) 329.9 8.7 % 25.2 0.7 %

• In St. Petersburg all indicators are larger than in Russia on average per capita; in Leningrad region everything except number of companies, economically active population and retail trade are larger than in Russia on average per capita • Import to St. Petersburg is almost three times larger than Russian average per capita

Petrostat 2019, Central Bank of Russia 2019 6 Rosstat 2019, Rustat based on data from Russian customs 2019 2. Regional economy b) GDP of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region 30% 27.3% GDP of Saint Petersburg, 25% Leningrad region and Russia, bn € 21.7% 20.8% Year Saint Leningrad Russia 20% 18.5% 18.7% Petersburg region

15% 2013 58.2 16.0 1 277.8 11.1% 2014 51.9 13.8 1 161.7 9.3% 9.4% 10% 8.4% 8.2% 7.9% 8.2% 6.8% 2015 49.6 12.5 965.9 5.3% 5.5% 5.4% 5% 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 2016 49.1 12.3 933.9 1.0% 0% 2017 58.2 14.6 1 136.3 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 -1.0% -3.3% change from previous year previous change from -5% -1.6% • - -4.2% -4.4% Because of Ruble’s devaluation % the GDP development in RUB and -10% -9.1% -9.4% -10.8% EUR differs radically -15% -13.8% • The one in EUR describes the -16.9% development of real GDP and -20% purchasing power more St. Petersburg RUB St. Petersburg EUR Leningrad region RUB Leningrad region EUR Russia RUB Russia EUR adequately

7 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019, Statista 2. Regional economy c) Structure of GDP in 2017

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Manufacturing activity Others Agriculture, Manufacturing 17% 16% Others and activity 36% forestry 30% Wholesale and 5% retail trade Electricity, gas 17% and water 6%

Construction activity 10%

Electricity, gas Wholesale and and water Real estate, retail trade 4% Construction renting Transport and Transport and Real estate, 12% activity 11% communications 5% communications renting 10% 14% 7% • Because of small amount of natural recourses in both regions, manufacturing and high value added economic activity is more advanced than in many other Russian regions

8 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 2. Regional economy d) Investment potential ranking (out of 85* Russian regions)

2017 2018 • After Moscow, St. Petersburg is the SPb LR SPb LR leading economic center of Russia Ranking of investment • Areas of Leningrad region that are 3 23 3 24 potential located close to St. Petersburg also benefit from this Labor potential 3 27 3 26 Consumption potential 3 26 3 25 Production potential 2 20 2 22 Financial potential 3 23 3 22 Institutional potential 2 24 2 33 Innovation potential 3 37 3 28 Infrastructure potential 6 10 6 10 Natural resource potential 85 48 85 48 Tourism potential 4 26 3 25 Ranking of investment risk 9 2 10 4

RA Expert 2019 9 Saint Petersburg = SPb *international community does not recognize Crimea and the City of Sevastopol as a part of Russia Leningrad region = LR 2. Regional economy e) Development of investment in fixed capital

Investment in fixed capital of Saint Petersburg, 45% 42% Leningrad region and Russia, billion € Year Saint Leningrad Russia 35% Petersburg region 28% 2014 6.8 2.9 203.7 25% 24% 22% 2015 5.4 3.0 154.2 2016 6.7 3.3 152.2 15% 13% 10% 2017 7.6 4.7 186.0

5% 3% 4% 2018 7.9 6.0 183.9 change from previous year previous change from - 2015 2016-1% 2017 2018-1% • Both, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, % -5% are constantly above the Russian average

-15%

-21% -25% -24% Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia 10 Fedstat 2019 2. Regional economy f) Investments into fixed capital by sectors in 2017

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Others Transport and Goverment and 11% communications Real estate 26% military 30% Others 30% 5%

Real estate 12%

Construction Transport and 8% communications 13%

Electricity, gas and Electricity, gas and steam Manufacturing steam 10% Manufacturing 20% activity activity 13% 22%

11 Fedstat 2019 2. Regional economy g) Transport infrastructure

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region The territory of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region is the European gateway of Russia as well as a major destination and transportation hub for all the transportation modes Sea and • St. Petersburg is Russia’s largest sea and river port in the • River ports: Leningradsky, Podporozhsky and Sviritsky river Baltic Sea • The length of navigable waterways over 2 000 km transport • The port complex includes: • The total length of all rivers 50 000 km The Grand Seaport of St. Petersburg (freight turnover • Main rivers: , Svir, and Vuoksa amounted 59.3 million tons in 2018), The Lumber port, river • Sea ports: Ust-Luga (98.7 million tons in 2018), ports on Vasilievsky Island and in the Nevsky Freight District, Primorsk (53.5 million tons in 2018), Vyborg (1.9 million tons port facilities in Lomonosov and Kronshtadt in 2018), (18.8 million tons in 2018) • Passenger terminal on Vasilievsky Island (regular voyages to Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and ) • The Baltic Sea is connected with the Black Sea through canals Airports • Airport complex Pulkovo located 16 km south of Saint Petersburg and consists of 3 buildings, the newest one was built in 2013 • Direct air links with most major countries and airlines • Over 18 million passengers in 2018, the Pulkovo Airport is the 38th busiest airport in

12 2. Regional economy h) Transport infrastructure and cargo volumes

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Railways • 5 railway stations: Baltiyskiy, Finlandskiy, Ladozhskiy, Moskovskiy and • Main railway stations: Gatchina, , Volkhovstroy and Vitebskiy Vyborg • Length of railways – 432 km • Length of railways – about 2 250 km, railway density 33 km / • Trains to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, 1 000 km2 • High-speed trains to Moscow (4 hours) and Helsinki (3.5 hours) Highways • Length of roads – more than 3 000 km • Length of roads – over 22 000 km • Connected to Estonia, Finland, Moscow, Murmansk and Pskov • 15 federal routes, 5 of which are in the International E-road • St. Petersburg Ring Road was opened in 2011, length – 142 km network • Western Rapid Diameter, a toll road, was opened in 2016, length – 47 km • Ongoing construction of the Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway, length 684 km Public transport • Subway: 69 stations (124 planned), passengers in 2016 – 740 million • Suburban electric trains and buses to Saint Petersburg and • Tramway system: length – 228 km, passengers in 2016 – 182 million within the Leningrad region • Trolleybus system: passengers in 2016 – 143 million • A subway station located (Devyatkino) in the territory of • Bus system: passengers in 2016 – 450 million Leningrad region, building one more station is in process Cargo volumes 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 City Region City Region City Region City Region City Region Cargo traffic (million tons) 129.4 162.5 231.3 50.3 236.4 40.5 268.4 41.8 280.7 49.7 Passenger traffic (million people) 1704.0 102.2 1647.0 108.7 1658.0 94.5 1678.0 91.9 1682.0 88.7

13 Petrostat 2019 2. Regional economy i) Development of industrial production

20%

15% 15%

10% 8% 6% 4% 5% 3% 3% 1% 0% -0.3% -1% 2015 -1% 2016 -2% 2017 2018 -1% 2019 -5%

-6% change from previous year previous change from - -9%

% -10% -10%

-15%

-20% Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia

14 Fedstat 2019 2. Regional economy j) Development of industrial production 2015-2018 (percentage from previous year)

2015 2016 2017 2018 City Region City Region City Region City Region Industrial production 93.0 99.6 103.9 103.7 105.7 100.7 105.1 105.0 • Mining operations 83.1 129.6 143.9 53.5 106.3 97.8 101.4 115.4 • Manufacturing activity 92.7 98.7 103.7 105.5 105.8 101.6 105.2 104.0 • Electricity, gas and steam 95.3 100.1 105.7 104.8 103.2 94.8 101.5 109.6 • Water and waste disposal 95.5 98.3 104.4 106.4 110.1 109.6 111.1 114.8

15 Fedstat 2019 2. Regional economy k) Development of prices* (percentage, end of the year)

Development of consumer prices Development of prices on industrial products* 120% 120% 118% 118% 116% 116% 114% 114% 112% 112% 110% 110% 108% 108% 106% 106% 104% 104% 102% 102% 100% 100% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia

*mining, manufacturing industries, gas, electricity, steam, air conditioning, water, supply water disposal, waste collection and disposal and liquidation of pollution 16 *measured in RUB Rosstat 2019, Petrostat 2019, Fedstat 2019 2. Regional economy l) Development of retail trade 25% 22% 21% Retail sales of Saint Petersburg, 20% 18% Leningrad region and Russia, billion €

15% Year Saint Leningrad Russia Petersburg region 10% 2013 21.7 5.9 559.4

5% 2014 20.0 5.4 517.3 1% 1% 2015 16.8 4.6 404.4 0% 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2016 16.6 4.6 380.9 -3% -5% 2017 20.1 5.6 451.1 -6% -5% -5% -7% -8% change from previous year previous change from -8% 2018 19.1 5.5 426.5

- -10% % -15% -16%-16% -20%

-22% -25% Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia

17 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 2. Regional economy m) Distribution of enterprises and organizations by ownership (percentage of total)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 City Region City Region City Region City Region City Region State- and municipal-owned 1.6 8.5 1.6 8.4 1.4 7.9 1.5 8.3 1.5 8.1 Religious and public 1.4 4.2 1.4 4.3 1.4 4.1 1.4 4.2 1.4 4.1 organizations Private 92.1 83.0 92.2 83.2 92.6 84.0 92.7 83.6 92.7 84.0 Public–private (without foreign 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.7 organizations) Foreign-owned 2.6 1.6 2.6 1.6 2.6 1.6 2.5 1.6 2.6 1.7 Jointly Russian and foreign- 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.1 owned Others 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 Total 354 312 38 040 357 124 37 893 374 986 38 286 355 758 37 130 345 277 36 028

18 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 3. Prosperity and consumption a) Development of gross average wages, €/month

1,400.00 € 1329

1204 1,200.00 € 1109 1129

1,000.00 € 946 959

887 €/month 798 823 813 800.00 € 698 712 630 640 642 657 588 594 587 600.00 € 576 497 500 494 496

400.00 €

Gross average wage, wage, average Gross 200.00 €

0.00 € 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Saint Petersburg Leningrad Region Russia Moscow • Living standards in Moscow and St. Petersburg differ substantially from the rest of Russia

19 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 3. Prosperity and consumption b) Main socio-economic indicators of living standards, €/month Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Per capita income (€/month) Per capita income (€/month) Minimum subsistence level (€/month) Minimum subsistence level (€/month) 1,000.00 € 1,000.00 € 881 900.00 € 824 900.00 € 798 813 800.00 € 800.00 € 698 657 700.00 € 642 700.00 € 630 588 576 600.00 € 600.00 € 497 484 500.00 € 500.00 € 400.00 € 400.00 € 300.00 € 300.00 € 182 173 161 179 163 159 200.00 € 154 200.00 € 142 132 130 153 144 100.00 € 100.00 € 0.00 € 0.00 € 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

20 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019, Fedstat 2019 3. Prosperity and consumption c) Number of passenger cars per 1000 persons

350

330 322 321 321

309 310 306 305 307 301 302 299 298 300 295 294 296 294 296 289 291 290 283

270

250 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia Moscow 21 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 3. Prosperity and consumption d) Average apartment size (square meters per person)

30 28.4 27.1 25.7 25.2 24.5 24.4 24.3 24.9 24.9 25 23.3 23.4 23.7 23.6 22.2 21.4 20

15

Square meters Square 10

5

0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Russia 22 Petrostat 2019, Rosstat 2019 4. External economic relations a) Exports and imports, billion $

40 35.8 35 30.8 30 26.6

25 22.9 22.8 22.2 22.4 21.8 20.3 21.0 20 15.8 15.8 15.5 15 13.6 10.0 10 7.1 5.1 4.8 5.7 4.4 3.6 4.1 5 3.2 2.6 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Exports of goods St. Petersburg Imports of goods St. Petersburg Exports of goods Leningrad region Imports of goods Leningrad Region 23 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations b) Share in Russia’s exports and imports Share in Russia’s exports Share in Russia’s imports Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Saint Petersburg Leningrad region 14% 14%

11.7% 12% 11.4% 11.1% 12% 10.7% 10.1% 10% 10% 9.6% 8% 8% 6.1% 5.9% 6% 5.5% 6% 4.6% 4.2% 4.5% 4% 3.2% 4% 2.6% 2.9% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 2% 1.6% 1.6% 2% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.6% 0% 0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 • Both, the exports and the imports, are larger in terms per capita than Russian average

24 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations c) Exports by country in 2018

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region

China 18% Others Netherlands 26% 39% Others 36% Netherlands 14%

Germany 9% Denmark 7% USA 7% Sweden 5% Kazakhstan 3% Finland 7% Algeria China 6% USA 6% Belarus 6% Estonia 7% 4%

25 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations d) Imports by country in 2018

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region

Germany 13% China 23% Others 44% Others 46%

China 12%

Germany 9% Finland 8%

South Korea 6% 8% Japan 6%

Belarus 3% Finland 4% USA 6% India 5% Taiwan 4% France 5%

26 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations e) Export structure in 2018

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region

Others 17% Others 18% Books, paper and cardboard Transport 3% 5% Machinery, Plastics and equipment and rubber vehicles 4% 7% Metals 6%

Chemical products 11% Mineral Mineral products (oil & products (oil & gas) 69% gas) 59%

27 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations f) Import structure in 2018

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region

Machinery, equipment and vehicles Machinery, 29% Others equipment and 33% vehicles Others 35% 45%

Transport 12% Plastics and rubber Food, drinks and Chemical Agricultural 9% tobacco products products Agricultural 13% 7% 7% products 10%

28 Rustat 2019 based on data from Russian customs 4. External economic relations g) Structure of all investments in fixed capital, percentage

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 City Region City Region City Region City Region City Region City Region Equity 44.3 16.9 47.2 22.9 42.9 35.2 50.0 36.7 64.2 41.8 57.4 30.4 Loans 13.1 20.0 14.7 27.0 15.8 19.5 7.7 14.6 5.2 10.6 6.6 12.5 Assets from 29.2 16.0 27.4 14.9 23.4 18.8 26.9 22.3 16.0 16.6 21.7 15.4 state budget Foreign assets 1.0 1.7 0.5 1.8 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 Others 12.4 45.4 10.2 33.4 17.8 26.4 15.0 26.2 14.4 30.9 13.8 41.5 Total (billion €) 8.8 8.3 11.2 6.0 10.3 3.3 7.1 3.3 9.2 3.6 10.0 5.1

29 Petrostat 2019 4. External economic relations h) Development of FDI inflow, million $

14000 13,058

12000

10000

7,912 8000 7,509 7,632

6,467 5,775 5,869 6000 5,289 4,746 4,823

3,762 4000 3,423

2000

0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Saint Petersburg Leningrad region 30 Central Bank of Russia 2019 4. External economic relations i) Share in Russia’s total FDI, percentage 10% 9% 8% 7% 6.7%

6% 5.4% 5.6% 5.5% 5% 4.6% 3.9% 4% 4.2% 3% 3.5% 3.2% 3.4%

Share in Russia’s total FDI total in Russia’s Share 2% 2.6% 1.9% 1% 0% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Saint Petersburg Leningrad region • Shares of both, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, are larger in terms per capita than Russian average

31 Central Bank of Russia 2019 4. External economic relations j) Foreign investment by country of origin in 2018

Saint Petersburg Leningrad region Others 28% Others 21% Switzerland 22% Cyprus 40%

Uzbekistan 2% Austria 3% British Virgin Kazakhstan 3% Islands Germany 3% 2% France 2% Finland 8% South Korea 3%

Switzerland 3% Cyprus 19% Germany 4% Sweden 8% Ukraine 8% Netherlands Finland 5% Netherlands 12% 4%

32 Central Bank of Russia 2019 4. External economic relations k) Visitors in hotels and other accommodation services (thousands visitors)

6000 6000 St. Petersburg Leningrad region

5000 5000

1,662 4000 4000

1,278 3000 3000 1,004 1,047 901 2000 2000 3,349

2,498 2,058 1000 1,804 1,940 1000 37 55 17 27 29 603 334 343 333 486 0 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Russian citizens Foreign citizens Russian citizens Foreign citizens 33 Rostourism 2019, Petrostat 2019 5. Business environment a) Special economic zones in Saint Petersburg

Total area 182.3 hectares (two sites): 40% • Noydorf 19.0 hectares • Novoorlovskaya 163.3 hectares 35% Focus industries: 30% • Microelectronics 25% • Pharmaceuticals and medical 20% industries 20% • IT and telecom 15% • Energetics Incentives for resident investors: 10% • 5% Land tax exemption 2.2% 1.5% 0% 0% 0% • Property tax exemption 0% • Corporate income tax reduced to 15.5% Profit tax (for the entire Property Tax (within 10 Land Tax (within 5 years • Transport tax reduced from 1-200 period of SEZ) years from the date of of the registration) RUB/horsepower to 0 RUB/horsepower* registration) • Customs free zone General terms Terms of SEZ residents

*In Russia, the transport tax is determined by amount of horsepower in the car i.e. the 34 engine’s power Russian Special Economic Zones 5. Business environment b) Some industrial parks of Leningrad region

Distance to Specialization Some examples of residents Contact details St Petersburg Ust-Luga 130 km Enterprises, petroleum and Producers of car parts, equipment and http://www.ust-luga.ru/group/ulip/ petrochemical sectors electronics, refiners of hydrocarbon

Greenstate 1.5 km Logistics, packaging, engineering, Gorigo (logistics complex), Siemens TGT https://www.yit-greenstate.com/en production of car parts, building (production of gas turbines), Viking Life- materials and foodstuffs saving Equipment and Ponsse (maintenance), Pit-Product (meat processing) M10 1 km Multiprofile John Deere (farm machinery), Sotrans http://mcm10.ru/en/ (logistics, cargos), Tender (wholesale) Fedorovskoe 2 km Enterprises Gelios (metal goods), Stillwood (furniture), http://fedorovskoe.pro/ Jotun (liquid and powdered paint), Lenprobeton (concrete products)

35 Investment portal of Leningrad region 2019 5. Business environment c) Automobile cluster in Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg is Russia's leading center for the automotive industry: Company Opened Annual Value of Number of • 5 plants, one more is being built production investments workers • 8 000 workers volume Toyota 2007 50 000 – $ 500 mn* 2 600 • Gross investment over 1 billion $ 100 000 • More than 400 000 cars manufactured every year Nissan 2009 50 000 – $ 420 mn 2 200 Other clusters 100 000 • Pharmaceutical and medical cluster Hyundai 2010 200 000 $ 450 mn* 2 200 • Power engineering cluster MAN 2012 1 000 $ 110 mn 100 • Shipbuilding cluster • Radio electronics cluster • Aerospace cluster • IT Cluster

*converted from RUB on 2017 exchange rate 36 Expert online 5. Business environment d) 2018 FIFA World Cup in Saint Petersburg

• Saint Petersburg is one of the Russian cities which Projects implemented: hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup, including a semi- final match. • Zenit Arena for 69 500 people for 1 billion € • Pulkovo’s new airport terminal for 1.2 billion € • Owing to this fact, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad • Development of Gatchina that was the region received funding by FIFA, as well as federal place of accommodation for one of the teams and municipal funding for implementation of • Development of metro and commuter infrastructure projects. transport

37 6. Additional information a) Consulates general (1/2)

Country Web page Armenia http://russia.mfa.am/ru/ Azerbaijan http://azconsulate.spb.ru/ Belgium https://russia.diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/ambassade-et-consulats Bulgaria https://www.mfa.bg/en/embassies/russiagc3 China http://saint-petersburg.china-consulate.org/ Cyprus http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/consulate/consulate_spb.nsf/cgsp04_en/cgsp04_en?OpenDocument Denmark https://rusland.um.dk/en/about-us/contact/ Estonia http://peterburg.estemb.ru/ Finland https://finlandabroad.fi/web/rus/etusivu France https://ru.ambafrance.org/-Consulat-general-de-France-a-Saint-Petersbourg- Germany http://www.sankt-petersburg.diplo.de/Vertretung/stpetersburg/ru/Startseite.html Greece https://www.mfa.gr/russia/ru/consulate-general-st-petersburg/ Hungary https://szentpetervar.mfa.gov.hu/rus India http://cgispburg.gov.in/index.php Israel http://embassies.gov.il/SPB/Pages/default.aspx Italy http://www.conssanpietroburgo.esteri.it/ Japan https://www.st-petersburg.ru.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_ru/index.html

38 6. Additional information a) Consulates general (2/2)

Country Web page Kazakhstan http://mfa.gov.kz/en/s-petersburg Latvia https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/stpetersburg Lithuania http://consulate-stpetersburg.mfa.lt/ Norway https://www.norway.no/ru/russia/norway-russia/consulate-general-st-petersburg/ Poland https://sanktpetersburg.msz.gov.pl/ru/;jsessionid=7E583458EE63AD93EC09A26308B1C6B5.cmsap1p Romania https://moscova.mae.ro/en Slovakia https://www.mzv.sk/web/cgsaintpetersburg-ru South Korea http://rus-stpetersburg.mofa.go.kr/worldlanguage/europe/rus-stpetersburg/main/index.jsp Spain http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/SANPETERSBURGO/ru/consuladoenruso/Paginas/default.aspx Sweden https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/embassies/russia-saint-petersburg/ Switzerland https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/russia/ru/home/predstavitelstva/botschaft/generalconsulate.html The Czech Republic http://mzv.cz/ The Netherlands https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/countries/russian-federation/about-us/consulate-general-in-st.-petersburg The United Kingdom http://ukinrussia.fco.gov.uk/ru/about-us/other-locations/st-petersburg-consulate-general/ Turkey http://stpetersburg.cg.mfa.gov.tr/Mission Ukraine https://spb.mfa.gov.ua/ru

39 6. Additional information b) Some authorities

The Governor of Saint Petersburg The Regional Government of Leningrad region • Address: Smloniy • Address: prosp. Suvorovskiy, 67 • https://www.gov.spb.ru/governor/ • http://lenobl.ru/ru/

Committee on External Relations of Saint The Committee on Foreign Economic and Petersburg Interregional Relations of Leningrad region • Address: Smloniy • Address: prosp. Suvorovskiy, 67 • http://kvs.spb.ru/ • http://inter.lenobl.ru/ru/

40 6. Additional information c) Some useful links and business supporting services

• Baltic Rim Economies — https://sites.utu.fi/bre/earlier-bre-reviews/ • Electronic Publications of the Pan-European Institute — https://www.utu.fi/en/university/turku-school-of- economics/pei/publications-and-reports • American Chamber of Commerce in Russia — https://www.amcham.ru/eng • Association of European Businesses — https://aebrus.ru/en/ • British Chamber of Commerce in Russia — https://www.rbcc.com • Chamber of Commerce — http://spbtpp.ru/ • Foundation for Assistance to Small Business Lending — http://credit-fond.ru/ • Information and analytical resource on key indicators of investment attractiveness of St. Petersburg — http://spbinvestment.ru/ru • Unified Entrepreneurship Center — https://www.crpp.ru/en/aboutsenteren • Public Council for Small Business Development — http://www.osspb.ru • St. Petersburg International Business Association — https://www.spiba.ru

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