for Foreign Trade Nikolay Semenovich Patolichev. As the First Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and later President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the USSR V.L. Malkevich Chaired the Soviet Side of the American-Soviet and Japanese-Soviet Trade/Economic Councils. In 1988 V.L. Malkevich became President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the USSR, the position he held until 1992. As a major national public entity, the CCI had great powers in setting up direct links with foreign companies, helped “defrost” relations with Israel, SAR, South Korea and pioneering in a relationship that preceded formal diplomatic ties with those countries when proper embassies are set up. Under V.L. Malkevich's leadership, the CCI of the USSR was vigorously developing local chambers of commerce and industry in autonomous republics and regions of Russia. Currency and Exports Control From 1992 to 1998 V.L. Malkevich worked at commercial entities in Russia. There came a time when V.L. Malkevich's record of a successful government executive was in great demand again to help in the National effort to uplift the country's economy. In 1998 he was offered to head the Russian Federal Service for Currencies and Exports Control (VEK). His Organization managed to help curb the outflow of capital from the Country working in close contact with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and cold start the economy on a revival cycle. In 1999 a new law on export control was passed by the parliament drafted with the direct participation of V.L. Malkevich. The law is still current to-day mildly adjusted from its original form. Expocentre ZAO In 2002 Vladislav Malkevich was appointed Chief Executive (General Director) of Expocentre ZAO starting a new cycle of success in the Company's history scoring more than twofold growth in its gross revenue figures and over 1.8 fold increase in productivity as a result of considerable expansion of Expocentre's exhibitions and conventions programs. Expocentre is the only exhibition entity to-date that has been awarded a special prize of the Government of the Russian Federation for Quality (2009). Under V.L. Malkevich's leadership Expocentre achieved impressive results which were noted by many reputable awards: Golden Mercury national prize (2005, 2011); international prize: Leader of Economic Development of Russia (2006) and: For Contribution in the Doubling of GNP-2007. International prizes: European Quality (2008) award and “Socrates Prize” in the nomination Economy and Business (2008) were awarded in Oxford, UK. Expocentre