On April 17, 2025, the Fifth Awards Ceremony for the finalists of the National Award in Culture and Business, the "NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD," will be held in the historic center of Moscow at the legendary Yar restaurant (32/2 Leningradsky Prospekt, Sovetsky Hotel). The project is held under the auspices of representatives of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Russian Ministry of Education, the "I Am a Leader" Association of Russian Cultural and Business Figures, and the Union of PR Professionals of Russia.
The NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD is an annual all-Russian competition that helps identify and support the "first among equals" in Russian entrepreneurship.
The goal of the Award is to promote the values of domestic entrepreneurship through the identification, selection, description, and popularization of successful business practices and initiatives in Russia.
The project's main objective is to highlight the most effective and outstanding company solutions in corporate, communications, HR, administrative, and social strategies, and, within the framework of the national project "Family," to support family businesses and women's entrepreneurship.
The award's symbol is a sprout, breaking through all obstacles toward the sun, opening its path to freedom and creation!
Award experts include members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), representatives of businesses and state corporations, renowned business coaches from the RSPP Business School and the Russian State University of Oil and Gas (RSUPG) International School of Business, authors of scientific papers on business process management, and government officials.
Information support: Top 100 Russian and international media outlets, including federal television channels, online portals, news feeds, and authoritative industry publications.
AWARD SCHEDULE
Business Section
April 15, 2025, 12:00-14:00, Izvestia International Information Center Press Center
Direct Line and Large Press Conference
Topic: Russia 2025-2030. National Goals
Starting in 2025, the Russian Federation will begin implementing 20 new national projects modernizing all spheres of public life.
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the list of these projects, as well as the country's development goals through 2036, in his Decree No. 309 of May 7, 2024, "On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the Period up to 2030 and for the Perspective up to 2036."
Federal government and business representatives will discuss how the Russian national five-year plan should improve the quality of life of Russians step by step during a direct line and major press conference, "Russia 2025-2030. National Projects," at the Izvestia International Information Center.
April 15, 2025, 4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Small Hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Closed-door business meeting with members of the Expert Council and the Council for Financial, Industrial, and Investment Policy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, presentation of the Laureates' cases
Cultural Part
April 17, 2025, the legendary Yar Restaurant
Red Carpet, Press Access, and the Awards Ceremony
Since 1826, this "culinary Mecca" has welcomed Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Chaliapin, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Grigory Rasputin, Savva Morozov, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Kuprin, and Maxim Gorky.
The Awards Ceremony will include a gala dinner with a show program, as well as the traditional charity auction to raise funds for the beneficiaries of the "Step Together" charitable foundation.
The 2025 NBA Awards will be held in the following stages:
• Application deadline: April 8, 2025
• Shortlist deadline: April 10, 2025
• Expert Council voting deadline: April 12, 2025
Strategic Partners:
Council on Financial, Industrial, and Investment Policy of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation;
Commission for the Development of Financial, Management Literacy, and Creative Technologies in Entrepreneurship, Culture, and Hospitality of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI RF);
I AM A LEADER Association of Cultural and Business Figures;
Russian Union of PR Professionals.
We invite you as an honorary guest and partner of the event. We are confident that together we will make our world a better place!