NEWS

Welcome addresses were given by: Vladimir Knyaginin, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg; Aleksei Didenko, Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Federal Management and Local Self-Government; Valentina Pivnenko, Deputy of the State Dume of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Magnus Berntsson, President of the Assembly of European Regions, President of R20 - Regions of Climate Action; Maira Mora, Ambassador, Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat.