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AGT Communications Agency keeps on following the dynamics of the Russian cities’ representation in the international rankings. In July, there were published annual tourist rankings of TripAdvisor and ICCA. The number of Russian cities represented in the aforementioned rankings has grown to 15, presence of St. Petersburg in the rankings expanded, while Moscow has again become the Russian leader in the business tourism leading ranking. Read more »

Based on the Burevestnik child summer camp, within the framework of Russian Water federal target program, there was conducted an event aimed at drawing attention to the problem of younger generation’s water care. More than 350 children aged 6 to 17 from different regions of the country – St. Petersburg, Moscow, Petrozavodsk, etc., took part in the event. Read more »

According to the World PR Report 2014, developed by the recognized Holmes Report, PROI Worldwide network has once again become the leader among international partnerships of independent communications agencies. AGT Communications Group is the official representative of the PROI Worldwide network in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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Sergey Andriyashkin, AGT Marketing Communications Director, became a jury member of the II Central Asia Red Jolbors Fest 2014. Red Jolbors Fest is a Central Asian advertising festival, conducted annually in Bishkek and brings together representatives of marketing industry from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and other Central Asian countries. Agencies from the CIS states can also participate. Read more »

2013 turned to be a landmark year for communications in the field of Russian sports. First of all in terms of inclusion of the regions. Kazan succeeded in perfect staging of the Universiade, Krasnoyarsk won the right to host 2019 Student Winter Olympics, during the Moscow Athletics Tournament, Mordovia won the same number of medals as Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region combined. Read more »

AGT Communications Group was ranked first among the Russian communications agencies, according to the annual global ranking developed by The Holmes Report, becoming one of the Top-60 of the global communications companies. The agencies were ranked based on the amount of agency fees throughout 2013. 250 world’s biggest communications agencies took part in the ranking. Read more »

On June 3, 2014, Sika Russia, with the support of the AGT Communications Agency, organized a tour for the representatives of leading industry-specific media to its production and testing center in Lobnya. Journalists were acquainted with the process of developing and manufacturing of unique technological solutions, and visited a training center, where there was organized a demonstration of the Sika major products. Managing Director Sergey Zyuzya, Chief Technology Officer Anton Nosov, Sergey Ibragimov, Head of R&D Center and Evgeny Guscha Training Center Director conducted the tour. Read more »

AGT Communications Agency was ranked 1st among the PR agencies in May 2014 media ranking. The ranking is based on the results the Russian media analysis, using the Medialogia analytical system media database, containing of about 18000 sources: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines news agencies and online media. He ranking covered PR agencies – members of AKOS (Association Public Relations Companies Association). Read more »

During the media tour to Prague, journalists representing the leading automobile media took part in the AAA AUTO press conference covering the company’s development strategy in Russia. The media tour was a part of a large program focused on boosting AAA AUTO media presence in Russia. The tour was organized under the support of the AGT Communications Agency. It was for the first time since AAA AUTO entered the Russian market in 2011, when the company organized a tour for Russian media. Read more »

AGT Communications Agency provided for the logistic and media support of the Russian Water, the 1st All-Russian Media Contest, initiated by the Russian Nature Ministry for the purpose of encouraging, collecting and disseminating the best practices of the government initiatives, aimed at modernization and development of the Russian water industry. The contest has become an important event within the framework of the federal target program “Development of the Russian Federation Water Industry in 2012 – 2020” (FTP “Russian Water”). Read more »

AGT Communications group was one of the Top-3 biggest Russian communications companies in terms of sales volume  in 2013. Last year, the company's total income from communications activities was 750 mln. rubles. The AGT Group, represented  in all the federal districts of the Russian Federation and some CIS countries is also one of the ranking leaders in terms  of the number of communications experts. Read more »

AGT Communications Agency became a partner of the Media Bridge Between Europe and Asia first Russian-Turkish journalist forum that was conducted on June 6-7 at the Russian State Humanitarian University and on board the  Olimpiada vessel.There were over 100 participants  in the forum, representing journalist and academic communities of Russia and Turkey. The delegates were welcomed by Ildar Gilmutdinov, Russian State  Duma deputy and head of the group in charge of relations with the Turkish Parliament; Read more »

Moscow – Sochi. AGT Communications Agency provided for the work of the multipurpose media center during the all-Russian research and practical conference “Legal regulation of water relations: urgent tasks and challenges”, organized by the Russian Ministry of Nature в рамках within the framework of the Federal target program “Russian water industry development in 2012 – 2020“ (“Russian Water”). Read more »

Moscow – Sochi. AGT Communications Agency has provided for the complete organizational support to conduct the First Russian Water Industry National Award. The Award was conducted by the Research and Information Center for Water Industry Development federal state-financed entity, following the initiative of the Russian Nature Ministry to reveal and encourage state-run, public and private projects and initiatives aimed at developing of the country’s water industry. Read more »

The First All-Russian Forum of Live Cities was organized in Izhevsk on May 21-23, 2014. Practice leaders, developing cities, and leading experts from 6 countries got together to discuss principles of the cities’ integral development, share their experience and develop new cooperation tools.The forum was organized on the crowdsourcing and crowd funding principles – thanks to joint efforts of all the participants and partners.
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The II Flying Elephant Media Conference was held in the capital city of the Volga District. On May 19-21, Students studying journalism and PR gathered at N.Novgorod Kremlin-based Arsenal National Center for Contemporary Arts to meet the PR guru and media experts to discuss process of development and interaction of the two communities. AGT-Privolzhye Communications Agency organized the conference. While the initiator of the event was Viktoria Azarova, journalist and editor of Decom publishing house from Nizhny Novgorod.
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Hong Kong: On May 23-25, in Hong Kong, PROI Worldwide, the world’s leading partnership of independent public relations consultancies, represented in Russia and the CIS by the AGT Communications Group,conducted the company’s annual international and regional meeting of partners. Representatives of 65 partner organizations from 55 countries have gathered in one of the most prolific Asian cities with the goal of projecting its aggressive initiative to further expand its presence in South-East Asia.  

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Moscow. On May 24, in Lisbon, there was held the II International Children’s Forum, organized within the framework of the FOOTBALL FOR FRIENDSHIP global social project of Gazprom. The event was attended by more than 450 children and teenagers from 16 European countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, UK, and Ukraine. 

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Trip Advisor, one of the world’s biggest tourist portals, published 2014 Traveler Сhoice ranking where the Russian cities are represented. Global Top-25 Tourist Destinations list features St. Petersburg moving from 20 to 16 place. Among the Top-25 European Destinations Moscow kept its 22nd place, while St. Petersburg moved up to the 9^th from its 10^th place.

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In late April, in Volgograd region, under the aegis of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism) there was held interregional meeting “Monotowns Wait for Tourists”. Vladislav Shulayev, Territorial promotion Director of the AGT Communications Agency, presented a report on Russian experience in the field of tourist promotion of industrial territories and offered some recommendations for the cities in Vologda region in the field of communications. Read more »