Moscow, 9 December 2011. PenzaNews. The president of LTD “VolgaInterMedia” which is the founder of the news agency PenzaNews, Ivan Malikov was awarded with the diploma of the 3rd all-Russian annual award “Best young businessman of 2011” in a nomination “In the field of information technology”.

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There were about 700 persons, the members of Association of young businessmen of Russia, deputies, politicians, journalists and businessmen from the regions on the ceremony which took place in Moscow on December, 8th,.

While congratulating the businessmen on the victory in the all-Russian competition, the vice-president of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Svetlana Zhurova admitted that all people gathered in the hall believe in Russia.

Svetlana Zhurova said: “You start business and invest money here. You work in our country and don’t think about emigration, you create the future of Russia”.

In total during the ceremony 9 winners in various nominations, such as building, agrarian and industrial complex, innovations and manufacturing of consumer goods were awarded. Besides, two businessmen were awarded in nominations “Best young business start-up of the year” and “For considerable experience and the contribution to development of youth business”.

The organizers of the competition were the Association of young businessmen of Russia and the Moscow club of young businessmen.

The association of young businessmen of Russia is the largest all-Russian public organization uniting more of 5 thousand of young businessmen from 64 regions of the country. The main aim of the organization is the support of young businessmen and their initiatives.

Moscow club of young businessmen is a unique platform for dialogue of young businessmen. The club unites young businessmen, top-managers of the large companies and the representatives of power authorities.

In 2011 the winners of competition passed some stages. The success of the enterprise and social responsibility of the businessman became the main criteria of selection. The federal competitive commission consisting of leading representatives of business, political and public elite chose the candidates, considering financial indicators of economic activities and the results of online voting on a site of the general information partner Snob.ru.