The State of Qatar invites enterprises and startups from Russia to boost cooperation. The prospects and opportunities of the Qatari market available for Russian businesses were presented at the webinar “Qatar—Russia Economic Partnership: Avenues of Growth for Russian Companies in Qatar’s Investment Ecosystem”.

Doha has been chosen as the host city for the 2030 Asian Games — the world’s second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. The decision of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) was officially announced on December 16, 2020 in Muscat (Oman).

The first international strategic seminar organised by the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of Nekrasov Central Universal Research Library took place on the 27th of November.

The Doha Prize is an annual all-Russian contest in the Arabic language, which takes place from November 11 to December 17 2020. The competition is organized by the Cultural Creative Agency and the school of Arabic language, Qatar Arabic Language Center (QALC), in the framework of the (no) borders concept.

The business tourism market welcomes a new brand — Qatar-Russia Experience (QR Experience). The official presentation of the agency took place at the International Business Travel Forum & MICE Geography Show, which was held in Moscow on November 17-18 2020.

This year 15 Russian companies applied and 3 reached the finals and took part in a showcase at the WISH 2020 virtual summit.

As part of Qatar National Vision 2030, Qatar is actively focusing on diversifying its economy from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a knowledge-based economy.