By the Decree of the Chairperson of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko Chairman of the Council of MRBA «LEAD Consulting» Alexander Linnikov appointed member of the Co-ordination Council for the Interaction with the Civil Society Insitutions.
The regular festival of classic cars — Gorky Classic 2013 — took place in Nizhny Novgorod July 18-19, 2013, bringing together private owners as well as historical museums in Russia and CIS countries.