On June 4, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2026), ExpoForum International LLC and the «Kommersant» Publishing House signed an agreement on cooperation, collaboration and partnership.

The signing took place in Pavilion F, at the stand of «Kommersant». The document was signed by Nikolay Kozlov, CEO of ExpoForum International LLC, and Mikhail Nelyubin, Executive Director of Kommersant JSC.

The parties agreed to develop mutually beneficial long-term cooperation, and this, as Nikolay Kozlov emphasized, opens a new stage in developing convention and exhibition activities.

«The SPIEF traditionally opens the exhibition season: we enter a new stage of our development. Together with «Kommersant», we have quite big plans, within the framework of both the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, which celebrates its anniversary this year, and the Exhibition «Russian Industrialist», which celebrates its anniversary, as well. At the recent meeting at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE), we discussed new trends in developing Russian industries. And this is always something interesting for the readers of «Kommersant»», said the CEO of ExpoForum International LLC.

Alexander Shchelkanov, Director for Regional Development at the «Kommersant» Publishing House, confirmed that all the events that take place at ExpoForum are of great interest.

«We always try to meet the challenges of the times and address the most interesting and relevant issues on the agenda in the business program. And in this regard, cooperation with «Kommersant» allows us to remain on the cutting edge of the most topical issues related to the development of industry, trade, business, exhibitions, and touch upon them in the most interesting way for the audience», concluded Nikolay Kozlov.

The SPIEF-2026 took place at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre on June 3-6. The Forum was attended by 24.5 thousand guests from 142 countries