On the 15th of September, 2015 the 5th Economic Congress Germany-Russia and the 8th annual conference on current investment and financing conditions in Russia took place in Berlin. To maintain conversational interaction in the course of ongoing political crisis, which has clearly effected the German-Russian economic relations, politicians and government officials from Germany and Russia, representatives from academic institutions as well as representatives from many different branches took part in this event.

Among such speakers as Vladimir M. Grinin, ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Federal Republic of Germany, and Andrei Sheveliov, governor of the region of Tver, Artem Sirota together with Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hans Jacobi presented at the Round Table the topic “Business in Russia under the shades of the crisis. How to protect your business from bankruptcy of the Russian contractor?”

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hans Jacobi (partner at consultation company Jacobi & Partner http://www.jacobi-partner.de/ ), certified industrial consultant with more than 20 years of experience, shared his knowledge about business relations with Russian contracting partners and highlighted principal misdoings of the German contractors and suppliers.

Artem Sirota on his part, consultant with main focus on German enterprises and companies working in Russia, indicated the risks which are connected with the possible bankruptcy of business partners, and gave practical advices on how to avoid these risks straight off at the beginning along with contract conclusion as well as what to do if the business partner still becomes bankrupt.