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Russia announces export award winners selected from 1,341 entries
Winners from different sectors were announced at the “Exporter of the Year. Made in Russia” ceremony held in Russia on September 22. A total of 1,341 entries were submitted from 76 regions for the competition.
The companies that placed in Russia’s “Exporter of the Year. Made in Russia” awards for exports and international cooperation were announced. The ceremony was held on September 22 at the Cosmos Pavilion of the VDNH exhibition grounds in Moscow and organized by the Russian Export Center and Channel One.
The event was held as part of the national “International Cooperation and Export” project. The Moscow administration, the Moscow Export Center, Geoscan and Vedy were also among the organizers’ partners.
Export growth highlighted at ceremony
Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said in his opening speech that non-commodity, non-energy exports increased by 11 percent in 2025. Manturov said an 8 percent increase was also recorded in the first seven months of 2026.
In addition to Manturov, the awards were presented by Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov, Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut, Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov and Russian Export Center Director General Veronika Nikishina.
The ceremony was attended by Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs President Alexander Shokhin, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Sergey Katyrin, Opora Rossii President Alexander Kalinin, officials from the Moscow administration and Moscow region, and numerous figures from the business, arts, sports and media sectors.
Companies receiving awards in the categories
Volma-Marketing, a construction materials producer from the Volgograd region, took first place in the “Industry. Large business” category. AvtoVAZ came second, while Moscow-based Poliplast took third place.
NPO Brony, which develops liquid thermal insulation coatings in the Volgograd region, won the “Industry. Small and medium-sized enterprises” category. Tayga came second and Amestis third.
Miratorg took first place, Pacific Crab second and Megamix third in the “Agricultural and industrial complex. Large business” category. In the small and medium-sized enterprises category in the same field, Leneko, an exporter of green-energy fuel, came first, followed by BiAgro and Trast.
Konti-Rus won the “Food products. Large business” category, with ProdEks in second place and Baltika brewery in third. Among small and medium-sized enterprises, Arçeda-Produkt took first place, Sladonezh second and MolProdEksPo third.
Yevgeniya Katsiya, a producer of anatomically shaped footwear, won the “Fashion industry” category. Vyacheslav Rusakov came second and Metiz Orthopedics third. In the “Beauty industry” category, Twins Tek took first place, Dve Linii second and Tentorium third.
Neurosoft won the “High technology and information technology” category. Rubezh came second and ZPO Skat third. In the “Cinema and animation” category, Central Partnership Sales House, which distributes Russian films and television series abroad, took first place.
In the “Tourism industry” category, GBUZ SOKOD from the Samara region came first, GAUZ KSP No. 12 from the Volgograd region second and Visit Murmansk from the Murmansk region third.
Edelweiss, an exporter of frozen fish products from the Primorye region, took first place in the “Woman exporter of the year. Small and medium-sized enterprises” category. Neurosoft won the “Woman exporter of the year. Large business” category.
Neurosoft received the award in the “Marketing breakthrough” category. Miratorg won the “New geography” category. The Imperial Porcelain Factory received the award in Channel One’s special category.
Competition assessed 1,341 entries
A total of 1,341 entries were submitted from 76 regions representing all eight of Russia’s federal districts. Of the entries, 299 came from large businesses, while 1,042 were submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises and individual entrepreneurs.
The format of the competition was changed in 2026. The competition was merged with the “Made in Russia” national promotion program, and companies bearing the program’s distinctive mark received an additional advantage in determining the results.
The award categories were also revised under the new regulations. The categories for industry, the agricultural and industrial complex, and food products were retained, while categories covering fashion, beauty, high technology and information technology, cinema and animation, and tourism continued. Marketing breakthrough was added as a new category in response to the development of global trade networks and digital platforms.
International export forum scheduled for November 16
Guests were invited to the “Made in Russia” International Export Forum during the ceremony. The forum is planned to take place on November 16 at the Rossiya National Centre and is expected to be one of the main platforms for discussing current issues in foreign economic activity.
The Russian Export Center, a state institution supporting non-commodity, non-energy exports, provides companies with financial and non-financial assistance at various stages of entering international markets. Most of its services are offered through the digital platform called “My Export.” The Russian Export Center Group also includes Exar, Roseximbank and the Russian Export Center Export School.
Art and technology performances presented at ceremony
Philip Glass’s “Mad Rush” was performed during the evening’s arts program. Pianist Ivan Bessonov and electronic musician Maxim Yemets presented a performance prepared using a MIDI prosthesis developed by Russia-based company Motorica.
During a live link from the Atom Museum, Grin, a humanoid robot owned by Sber, and Stanislava Postnova, a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre, performed a show combining contemporary and neoclassical dance elements to music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker.”
The Siberian group Otyken performed the song “Magic.” After an opera performance by Aida Garifullina and Chinese artist Kai Xin, Polina Gagarina and the Popov Big Children’s Choir took the stage. At the finale, the piece “The Stars Are Approaching” was performed, accompanied by a planetary parade show using remote-controlled mirrored spheres in the hall.
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