Press event programme

The subject of the agreement is the cooperation on the implementation of the investment project for the construction of universal rail-and-structural steel mill with the capacity of 1.2 million tonnes of products per year.

Representatives of the parties signing the agreement
Ivan Demchenko, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Novostal-M
Valery Radaev, Governor of Saratov Region

Ivan Demchenko

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board, Novostal-M

Valery Radaev

Governor of Saratov Region

Honoured Guests of the ceremony
Viktor Evtukhov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Antonello Colussi, General Director, Danieli Russia
Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Pasquale Terracciano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation

Viktor Evtukhov

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Education:
1993 – Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute with a major in economic cybernetics.
2002 – Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Law.
2004 – Master’s degree from Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of International Relations.
2003 – Defended his post-graduate dissertation and granted the degree of candidate of economic sciences.
2008 – International Management Institute of St Petersburg (IMISP) under the Masters of Business Administration programme.
Professional experience:
1998 – Elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (second convocation) for the 33rd Electoral District (Moskovsky District) and was twice re-elected in 2002 and 2007.
2009 – Appointed member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation – Representative in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Government of St. Petersburg; representative of Saint Petersburg State University in the government and administrative bodies of the Russian Federation.
2011 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2014 – Appointed State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation under an order of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Denis Manturov

Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Denis Manturov was born on February 23, 1969, in Murmansk.
Education:
1994 – Lomonosov Moscow State University, major in Sociology.
1997 – Postgraduate studies at Moscow State University, PhD.
2002 – Doctoral programme at Moscow Aviation Institute.
2006 – Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation, major in Law.
Professional experience:
1998 – Appointed Deputy General Director of Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant.
2000 – Appointed Commercial Director of Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
2001 – Appointed Deputy Chairman of State Investment Corporation (Gosincor).
2003 – Appointed General Director of OAO OPK Oboronprom.
2007 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation.
2008 – Appointed Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed acting Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
2012 – Appointed Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
Awards:
2007 – Awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Second Class)”.
2008 – Awarded the Order of Friendship.
2009 – Awarded the Order of Honour.
2010 – Awarded an Honorary Certificate of the Government of the Russian Federation.
2013 – Awarded the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland (Fourth Class)”.
Additional information:
Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation (First Class).
Mr. Manturov was included in the “Golden 100” Personnel Management Reserve under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation.
He speaks multiple foreign languages.
He is married with a daughter and a son.

Pasquale Terracciano

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Italian Republic to the Russian Federation

Born in Naples, 4 May 1956.
1978 Law Degree, University of Naples
1981 Enters Italian Diplomatic Service
1982 Second Secretary, Human Resources Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1985 Consul at Consulate General, Rio de Janeiro
1989 First Secretary later Counsellor (1991), Italian Permanent Representation to
NATO, Brussels
1993 Counsellor, Economic Affairs Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1995 Counsellor, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1996 Counsellor later First Counsellor (1998), Italian Embassy, London and Alternate
Executive Director for Italy at EBRD
2000 First Counsellor, Italian Permanent Representation to the Atlantic Council,
Brussels
2001 Deputy Head of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
2004 Head of Information and Press Office and Spokesman for the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
2006 Ambassador to Madrid, also accredited to Andorra
2010 Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
2011 Diplomatic Adviser to the Italian Prime Minister and Prime Minister’s G8 and
G20 Sherpa Representative
2013 Ambassador to London
2018 Ambassador to Moscow
Ambassador Terracciano is married to Karen Lawrence and has two sons and a
daughter.