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Second Summit
Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

International Broadcasting Centre

The International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) located on the second floor of the Main Media Centre has been established at the venue to cover the events of the Russia–Africa Economic Forum and Russia–Africa Summit.

The Press Centre infrastructure includes a parking area for digital satellite news gathering vehicles (fly-away position), which is located in direct proximity to the Press Centre.

The signal of the international TV programme is generated by the official host broadcaster, All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), from the Forum’s and Summit’s live broadcasts and recorded events. Afterwards, the signal is seeded to the working booths of the TV and radio companies.

The International Broadcasting Centre includes:

Total number of booths: 50 booths for television companies and 6 booths for radio companies.

The booths are provided with the following international video signal formats for distribution:

Digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) area

Location:
The DSNG vehicle parking area is located in direct proximity to the Press Centre.

The contact person for issues concerning the accreditation of television companies and entering the central venue is:
Ilya Shnaider
Tel.: +7 (911) 156 6513
Еmail: ilya.shnaider@roscongress.org

For all questions about ordering work stations at the IBC, spots for DSNG stations, video material feeds from the IBC as well as a copy of the event’s video archive for television and radio companies, please contact VGTRK First Deputy Head of the Production and Technological Department Leonid Taube or Chief Specialist of the Telecommunications and Communications Directorate Valery Cherednik.

Contact info:

Leonid Taube:
Email: ltaube@vgtrk.com
Telephone: +7 (495) 234 8637

Valery Cherednik:
Email: vcherednik@vgtrk.com
Telephone: +7 (495) 234 8580

Coordination:
Tatyana Kashintseva
Email: TKashintseva@vgtrk.com
Telephone: +7 (495) 232 9803

“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI