The Organizing Committee of SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards 2013 has announced the end of its polling of professionals from the private banking, wealth management and related industries. The shortlist of award nominees will be presented on November 20, once PwC – the independent consultant of the Awards – approves the results. The Judging Panel will then determine the winners.

The 5th anniversary SPEAR’S Russia Awards ceremony will be held on 5th December at the Mossovet State Academic Theatre in Moscow.

SPEAR'S Russia Wealth Management Awards is Russia’s first annual award ceremony held to celebrate the achievements of professionals and firms from private banking, wealth management and related industries. The event is organized in the best tradition of SPEAR’S Wealth Management Awards, held annually by SPEAR’S UK magazine in London.

SPEAR’S Russia is the Russian-language edition of its British namesake, the most trustworthy and influential magazine for the world’s richest audience. Editor-in-Chief – Andrei Vdovin, founder – PBWM Media.

On 31st October, a four-time Olympic champion, member of the Laureus World Sports Academy and Editor-in-Chief of BOLSHOI Sport magazine Alexei Nemov hosted a gala reception, Friends of Big Sports, at the Vetoshny Art Center in Moscow. Many great athletes of our time, including six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker, legend of Soviet sports Larisa Latynina, Olympic champions Vladimir Salnikov, Alexander Karelin, Tatiana Navka, Maria Kiseleva, Anastasia Ermakova, Pavel Kolobkov, Svetlana Romashina, Anna Chicherova, Angelika Timanina, Daria Korobova, Elvira Khasyanova, and others, as well as representatives of the sports, business, and media establishment gathered to show their support for the Russian Olympic team once more before the first home Winter Olympics in Sochi. The event was sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, Allianz Insurance, Promsvyazbank, Donstroy, and Metropol hotel. But most importantly, the honoring of Russian athletes took place with the participation of Laureus, one of the most influential charity organizations in the world of sports, of which Alexei Nemov is currently the only Russian member. After organizing a large event in St. Petersburg in 2008, Laureus has not paid much attention to Russian athletes in recent years, consistently overlooking them at the annual Laureus World Sports Awards. Today, thanks to the efforts of Alexei Nemov and BOLSHOI Sport magazine, the official media partner of Laureus in Russia, this situation might change for the better.

The International World Lifestyle Awards that annually assesses the leading cities in the world will be held in Moscow for the first time in 2014. The corresponding agreement was signed by MEDIACRAT and the organizers of the Awards in London.

It is expected that the Moscow Lifestyle Awards 2014 will be held in Moscow in April and will be organized by MEDIACRAT and WATCH Russia. The Awards will evaluate the activities of people and companies that make up the so-called Moscow way of life, making the Russian capital one of the world’s most attractive cities.

The Moscow Lifestyle Awards will be organized in the format of the award ceremony annually held in London.

BRICS Business Magazine took part in the international Open Innovations forum that was held in Moscow from October 31 to November 2.

Ruben Vardanian, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the magazine, spoke at the forum panel discussion titled “The Leaders of the New Formation: Traditional vs. Innovative Leadership.”

The Forum focused on Game Changers – the world’s leading companies and organizations, which change the “rules of the game” in the global innovations market by creating and implementing breakthrough technological solutions.

The prime ministers of Russia, Finland and France – Dmitry Medvedev, Jyrki Katainen and Jean-Marc Ayrault – were the guests of honor at the 2013 forum.

BRICS Business Magazine caters to the audience of global opinion leaders, heads of corporations, investors, economists and political scientists. The magazine is published by MEDIACRAT in English and Russian language editions to bridge emerging-market communities, guide global investors and lead high-growth nations. The Editorial Board of the publication is chaired by Ruben Vardanian.

Science, education, and urban studies – these are the main themes of the new issue of BRICS Business Magazine that will be released in November. “Everybody wants to know when the BRICS nations will reach parity with the United States and the European Union in terms of GDP. However, it is equally important to know about the kind of countries they will become socially, culturally, and technologically; the kind of development model they will establish; and the way the mentality of their countrymen and their work ethic will be transformed. One of the key indicators that allows us to make such predictions is the way education is developing in these countries,” said Ruben Vardanian, Chairman of the Editorial Board of BRICS Business Magazine, in his opening remarks. Among the many experts of the issue is the 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics Robert Shiller, former Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany Joschka Fischer, former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, Harvard University professor Kenneth Rogoff. The new issue of the BRICS Business Magazine will be distributed at major international economic forums in late 2013 and early 2014. BRICS Business Magazine caters to the audience of global opinion leaders, heads of corporations, investors, economists and political scientists. The magazine is published by MEDIACRAT in English and Russian language editions to bridge emerging-market communities, guide global investors and lead high-growth nations.

MEDIACRAT has prepared and published the 100 Natural Wonders of Russia book commissioned by Promsvyazbank. The collector’s edition of 2,500 copies of the book is to be presented to the bank’s clients and partners.

This richly illustrated collector’s edition is dedicated to the treasures of Russian nature: unique landscapes, rare flora and fauna, and unusual natural phenomena.

Commissioned by the Gradient Group, one of Russia’s leading distributors in the area of consumer goods, MEDIACRAT developed the concept and provided a full range of services for the production of the first issue of Stellary magazine to mark the launch of the cosmetics brand of the same name in the Russian market.

By concept and format, Stellary is a classic women’s magazine about beauty, style, and fashion.

The publication will be distributed in Magnit Cosmetic stores all across Russia.

On 31st October, a four-time Olympic champion, member of the Laureus World Sports Academy and Editor-in-Chief of BOLSHOI Sport magazine Alexei Nemov hosted a gala reception, Friends of Big Sports, at the Vetoshny Art Center in Moscow. Many great athletes of our time, including six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker, legend of Soviet sports Larisa Latynina, Olympic champions Vladimir Salnikov, Alexander Karelin, Tatiana Navka, Maria Kiseleva, Anastasia Ermakova, Pavel Kolobkov, Svetlana Romashina, Anna Chicherova, Angelika Timanina, Daria Korobova, Elvira Khasyanova, as well as representatives of the sports, business, and media establishment gathered to show their support for the Russian Olympic team once more before the first home Winter Olympics in Sochi. The event was sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, Allianz Insurance, Promsvyazbank, Donstroy, and Metropol hotel. But most importantly, the honoring of Russian athletes took place with the participation of Laureus, one of the most influential charity organizations in the world of sports, of which Alexei Nemov is currently the only Russian member. After organizing a large event in St. Petersburg in 2008, Laureus has not paid much attention to Russian athletes in recent years, consistently overlooking them at the annual Laureus World Sports Awards. Today, thanks to the efforts of Alexei Nemov and BOLSHOI Sport magazine, the official media partner of Laureus in Russia, this situation might change for the better.

BRICS Business Magazine partnered with three forums this autumn: the International Investment Forum in Sochi, the International Economic Summit of Russia and OIC countries in Kazan, and the innovaBRICS Forum in London.

BRICS Business Magazine caters to the audience of global opinion leaders, heads of corporations, investors, economists and political scientists. The magazine is published by MEDIACRAT in English and Russian language editions to bridge emerging-market communities, guide global investors and lead high-growth nations. The Editorial Board of the publication is chaired by Ruben Vardanian.