OREANDA-NEWS. A meeting of Mercury Club was held at the World Trade Center Moscow.

This event was devoted to the meeting with Genrikh V. Novozhilov, a legendary aircraft designer, twice Hero of Socialist Labor and the Lenin Prize Laureate.

Lyudmila I. Shvetsova, “Hostess” of the Lounge, introduced the participants, including E.A. Fedosov and E.N. Kablov, Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences; cosmonauts V.V. Tereshkova and A.A. Leonov; T.G. Anodina, President of the Interstate Aviation Committee; legendary test pilots S.A. Mikoyan, Hero of the Soviet Union, and A.N. Kvochur, Hero of Russia; heads of a number of regional CCIs, heads of major companies of the industry sector, Mercury Club members and many others.

L.I. Shvetsova was especially pleased to welcome a guest from the Ukraine: D.S. Kiva, President, Principal Designer of Antonov State Company.

Having received the address by Genrikh V. Novozhilov, the attendees had an informal discussion of the vital problems of the aircraft and other national industries.

Among the participants of the event were E.M. Primakov, Mercury Club President and V.P. Strashko, Vice-President of the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Summing up the results of the meeting L.I. Shvetsova thanked the attendees and congratulated everyone present and, first of all, the Great Patriotic War veterans on the coming Victory Day and the 1st of May.

We are looking forward to future meetings in the Mercury Club Lounge.