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Sponsorship & Charity
METROPOL Group pays much attention to charitable activities,
which are of great importance not only for the organizations that
receive the financial support, but for everyone involved with the
group, since the recognition and support of universal values is a
critical element of our corporate culture. Charity reminds us of
the important things in life outside the office—the society in
which we live and what it means to be a part of it.
Here are just a few of the charitable projects, ideas and
initiatives that we support:
2010
- Helped to organize the following exhibitions:
- Underwater Research of Lake Baikal: Yesterday and Today
(Listvyanka, Irkutsk Region)
- Manned submersibles Mir to Lake Baikal! (Ulan-Ude).
- Organized celebrations in the city of Murom in honor of the
106th anniversary of the battle of the Cruiser Varyag with the
Japanese fleet.
2009
- Provided organizational and financial support for Moscow
performances of the St. Petersburg Theatre on Vasilevsky.
- Donated a collection of vintage cars from the AZLK Factory
Museum to the City of Moscow.
- Provided financial support for the creation of a documentary
called Special-Purpose Priests by Alexei Denisov on the RTR
channel.
- Established the Under the Star of Hope children’s foundation.
Organized the Special Cars for Special Children automotive
marathon.
- Participated in the organization of the Cruiser Varyag:
Discovering Relics exhibition.
- Organized the Lake Baikal and the History of the Russian Navy
exhibition. Part 2: Irkutsk and the Fleet (Irkutsk).
- Organized exhibitions devoted to the 105th anniversary of the
exploit of the Cruiser Varyag at the Novy Dvor Business Center and
Education Center No. 264 (Moscow).
- Participated in the joint Russian-Monegasque Antarctica 2009
sports and science expedition.
2008
- Provided organizational and financial support for the manned
submersibles Mir in Lake Baikal international scientific research
expedition, involving comprehensive research of the ecosystem of
Lake Baikal (2008-2010).
- Provided organizational and financial support of the On Seven
Winds Lake Baikal Regatta.
- Organized the Lake Baikal and the History of the Russian Navy
exhibition. Part 1: Buryatia and the Navy (Ulan-Ude).
- Provided material support to Russian peacekeepers injured in
the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and their families.
- Provided organizational and financial support for the
commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Moscow State
University Geography Faculty.
- Provided organizational and financial support for the UN’s
global Plant for the Planet Billion Tree campaign.
- Took the initiative in the establishment of the Fund for
protection of Lake Baikal.
- Supported the Russia-Antarctica 2008 scientific and sport
climbing expedition.
2007
- Provided organizational and financial support for the 7th
International Festival of Youth Wrestling held in Moscow.
- Opened a memorial center dedicated to the Cruiser Varyag in the
village of Lendalfut (Scotland).
- Supported the Arctic 2007 expedition, involving the use of Mir
deep sea vehicles at the North Pole.
- Organized the Return of the Varyag exhibition at the Central
Museum of the Armed Forces.
- Sponsored the Shatar Chess Team (Republic of Buryatia).
- IFC METROPOL established the Cruiser Varyag Foundation for the
Support of the Russian Navy.
2006
- IFC METROPOL General Director Mikhail Slipenchuk donated the
money needed to treat 13-year-old Sasha Shubin, who suffers from
severe cancer.
- Financed the Pavel Filonov: Eyewitness of the Invisible
exhibition at the Pushkin Museum.
- Organized and financed the visit of the Russian delegation to
the European Kyokushin Karate-Do Championship in Kiev.
- Organized and financed a program called Head Start, during
which the Arctic Goose blimp set a world blimp altitude
record.
- Organized and financed the installation of a memorial plaque at
the site where the cruiser Varyag sank off the coast of Lendalfut,
Scotland.
- Helped to organize and finance the commemoration of the 125th
anniversary of the National Library of Buryatia.
- Helped to finance the restoration of the Savior Church of the
village of Sosnovo-Ozerskoye in the Yeravninsky District of
Buryatia and the purchase of Orthodox literature.
- Provided material support and mentoring for the First of May
Cadet Boarding School in Tula region.
2005
- Participated in the organization and holding of the World
Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do Championship in Moscow.
- Organized and financed the Flight to the Top of the World
expeditionary project, the first successful flight to the North
Pole by hot air balloon.
2004
- Supported families of Federal Special Forces officers killed
while liberating hostages in Beslan.
- Sponsored the film Countdown.
- Provided financial assistance for the construction of an
Orthodox Church and a Buddhist temple (Sandalwood Buddha) in the
Republic of Buryatia.
- Opened the Martial Arts Palace in Moscow.
- Published a complete collection of scientific papers of the
Geography Faculty of Moscow State University to mark the 250th
anniversary of Moscow State University.
- Created the Russian Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do Federation.
- Sponsored the State Theater of Nations (2004-2007).
- Sponsored the Russian National Parachute Jumping Team
(2004-2006).
- Sponsored “Path of the Dragon” and “Business Person” programs
on Third Channel.
- Financed the restoration of Murom Monastery of Our Savior, a
monastic cloister with a thousand year history.
- Sponsored three Championships of Russia and two
international-classification ranking tournaments in dance
sport.
- Supported the parish community of St. Seraphim Church in the
village of Kurlovsky, Vladimir Region.
2003
- Teamed up with Gorodets Publishing House to publish a book by
Royama Hatsuo, President of the International Organization for
Kyokushin-Kan Karate-Do, called My Life is Karate.
- Helped the Abode of Nilo-Stolbensky Desert, located on Stolbny
Island at Lake Seliger.
- Helped fire victims at a children’s school in Yakutia.
2002
- Restored Assumption Church in the village of Chernigovka,
Primorsky Territory.
2001
- Helped the Bambuk (Bamboo) Society of Persons Suffering from
Injuries and Diseases of the Spine.
2000
- Helped to organize an Internet class at a middle school in
Vladivostok.
- Began to provide financial support for the Far Eastern Diocese
of the Russian Orthodox Church (continues to this day).
1999
- Provided financial support for holding Easter events at the
State Kremlin Palace.
1997
- Participated in the Illustrated Books for Blind Children
project (1997-1999) as part of the UN and UNESCO World Decade for
Cultural Development.
1996
- Established scholarships for the Moscow State University
Swimming team. (1996-1997).
- Sponsored secondary school teachers at Moscow School No. 79
(1996-1997).
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