Press event programme

Signing a memorandum of understanding and cooperation in the transport and logistics sector.

Representatives of the parties signing the agreement
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, DP World
Vladislav Shapsha, Governor of Kaluga Region

Vladislav Shapsha

Governor of Kaluga Region

Honoured guests of the ceremony
Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy of UAE
H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE Supreme Council Member
Igor Levitin, Aide to the President of the Russian Federation; Secretary, State Council of the Russian Federation

Igor Levitin

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation; Secretary, State Council of the Russian Federation

Born on February 21, 1952, in Tsebrikovo, Odessa Region, Ukraine.
1973 – graduated from the Railway Corps and Military Transport School, Leningrad (now St Petersburg).
1983 – graduated from the Military Logistics Support and Transport Academy with a degree in Railway Engineering.
1973–1976 – served on the Transdnestr Railway in the Odessa Military District.
1976–1980 – served in the South Army Group.
1983–1985 – Military Commandant of a railway section and Urgal station on the Baikal-Amur railway line (BAM).
1984 – took part in driving the Golden Spike, when eastern and western sections of the BAM were linked.
1985–1994 – Section Military Commandant, Head of a Military Transport Department and Deputy Head of Military Transport on the Moscow Railway.
1996–2004 – employed at SeverStalTrans.
1998 – Deputy CEO of SeverStalTrans; supervised the transport engineering sector, railway transport and seaport operations.
March 9, 2004 – appointed Transport and Communications Minister.
May 20, 2004 – appointed Transport Minister.
Since May 21, 2012 – Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation.
Since September 2, 2013 – Aide to the President of the Russian Federation.
Was a member of the Public Council of the Government Commission for the Railway Transport Reform.
Married, with a daughter.