Day of Russia in New York, 2008

Committees

Under the auspices of

Honoring

  • His Excellency Yuri V. Ushakov
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    of the Russian Federation to the United States of America
  • Honorable George E. Pataki
    53rd Governor of the State of New York

International Honorary Chairs

  • Senator Mikhail V. Margelov
    Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs
    of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
  • Senator Roy M. Goodman
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    United Nations Development Corporation

International Honorary Committee

  • His Excellency Vitaly I. Churkin
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative
    of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
  • Mr. Louis F. Bantle
    Chairman Emeritus of UST, Inc.
  • Honorable Sergey V. Garmonin
    Consul General of the Russian Federation in New York
  • Honorable Andrey P. Dolgorukov
    Trade Representative of the Russian Federation to the United State of America
  • His Excellency Andrei Dapkiunas
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative
    of the Belarus to the United Nations
  • His Excellency Byrganym Aitimova
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative
    of the Kazakhstan to the United Nations
  • Mr. Аnatoli S. Karpov
    President, "Polet" Cargo Airlines
  • Mr. Zurab K. Tsereteli
    President, Russian Academy of Arts
  • Mr. Andrey Z. Martirosov
    Chief Executive Officer, UTair Aviation

Honorary Committee

  • Maxim Beloserkovsky
  • Zoltan Ferenczy Csanyi
  • Irina Dvorovenko
  • Roman Kaplan
  • Constantine Orbelian
  • James Peck
  • Alfred Ross
  • Ada Samuelsson
  • Mikhail Svetlov
  • Vasily Yankovich
  • Eugene Zubkov

Corporate Chair

  • Rick Shannon
    President, AmeRussia Shipping Co., Inc.

Corporate Committee

  • Iosif Baburashvili
    President, Baio Capital Group, Inc.
  • Dmitriy A. Borisov
    New York Office of the Trade Representation
    of the Russian Federation to the USA
  • Alexander A. Danilov
    Representative to the United States, Vnesheconombank
  • Mamed V. Kasumov
    General Director USA, UTair Aviation
  • Michael T. Kolesnichenko
    President, Russian National Group Travel Co.
  • Alexandre Maistrenko
    Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers, Inc.
  • Stepan A. Malinin
    President, Plodimex USA, Inc.
  • Natalia Orlova
    President, Trade House Saint-Petersburg
  • Alexey E. Ozerov
    Vice President, Polet Cargo Airlines
  • Andrey Smirnov
    Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers, Inc.
  • Michael Y. Solton, Esq.
    Solton Rosen & Balakhovsky LLP
  • Laura True
    President, Aqua Ocean Transport, Inc.

Founder and organizers of Day of Russia 2008

  • Ioori Smirnov and partners
    Globe PR Group, Inc.

Musical Director

  • Borislav Strulev