11/25/24 REAB begins partnership with the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry

On November 25, 2024, a meeting was held between the Chairman of the Board of the REAB Consortium Igor Kalinin and the President and Chairman of the Board of the Ural Chamber of Commerce and Industry Andrey Besedin. At the meeting, a partnership agreement was signed between the parties.

During a long constructive conversation, A. Besedin and I. Kalinin exchanged their vision of the prospects and directions of business development in the Ural region, its need to enter the international market, and also discussed practical ways of interaction between the consortium and the chamber to ensure this development. Specific projects from which this partnership could begin were also discussed.

Among the most popular options:

• assistance of the REAB consortium in the purchase of foreign companies for Russian businessmen as one of the most effective ways to enter the local market abroad;
• assistance of the REAB consortium in the sale of large businesses where the owners are retiring on an entrepreneurial pension, and the chamber's experts in an objective assessment of such a business;
• attracting foreign investors to business assets for sale in the Ural region and Russia as a whole.

For reference: The Ural CCI is one of the oldest and largest chambers of commerce and industry in Russia. In 2024, the UCCI will turn 65 years old. The Chamber retains its status as a recognized leader in the Russian CCI system. It is among the TOP-3 chambers of commerce and industry of Russia, both in terms of the number of implemented public initiatives and the volume of services for business. More than 900 organizations of Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region are members of the Ural CCI. More than 500 business events are held in the Chamber and with the participation of the Chamber annually. In the field of international economic cooperation, the Chamber conducts more than 20 business missions per year. Hundreds of foreign trade contracts are concluded and supported with the participation of the Ural CCI.

The Ural region is one of the most economically developed territories of Russia, where the wealth of natural resources is combined with developed industry, and the capital of the region, Yekaterinburg, is the third most developed metropolis in the country.