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PhosAgro entered the top group of the "Leaders of Corporate Philanthropy – 2025" rating on December 11, 2025.

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Moscow. December 11, 2025. PhosAgro entered the top group of the "Corporate Philanthropy Leaders – 2025" rating, ranking companies with the most effective social programs. The "Corporate Philanthropy Leaders" project includes a rating of companies' social and charitable activities and a competition for corporate programs in specific categories. It has been implemented since 2006 by the Donors Forum association and its partners, including the Ministry of Economic Development, the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Presidential Grants Fund, and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The project's goal is to support, develop, and promote corporate philanthropy and social investment.

"The project has been running for 20 years and has become somewhat of a tradition. I know that participation is truly important for many companies as a sign of the quality of their social investment activities. We are very proud of our partners, who allow us to objectively assess the state of corporate philanthropy in a particular topic (in the nomination competition) and overall (in the company performance rankings). The competition nominations always reflect what we want to highlight and see relevant examples and interesting practices," noted Alexandra Boldyreva, Executive Director of the Association of Grant-Giving Organizations "Donors Forum."

In 2025, 78 companies participated in the "Corporate Philanthropy Leaders" project. A distinguished jury analyzed the businesses' approaches to social and charitable activities, their organizational aspects, and stakeholder engagement. The experts also examined the methods companies use to evaluate the effectiveness of social programs and identify ways to improve their efficiency.

The "A Leaders" group included 17 Russian companies that demonstrated the highest effectiveness of their charitable activities, including PhosAgro, Biocad, Kept, FESCO Transportation Group, AFK Sistema, Gazprom Neft, Metalloinvest, Norilsk Nickel, Protek Group, Rosatom, VTB Bank, and others. The scores earned by the leading companies for each assessed aspect amounted to at least 75% of the maximum. The corporate social programs competition determined winners in ten categories.

PhosAgro's "Promoting Improved Quality and Accessibility of Medical Care in the Murmansk Region" program won the "Best Program (Project) Implemented with the Support of Government Institutions" category. With its support, the company significantly upgraded the facilities of the Apatity-Kirov Central District Hospital. Today, it is a large medical complex, comprising two children's and two adult clinics, two women's clinics, a dental clinic, an emergency and urgent care department, paramedic and obstetric stations in the villages of Koashva and Titan, day hospitals, and numerous auxiliary units and services. Highly qualified specialists provide diagnosis and treatment here. More than 1,300 employees work across all departments of the clinic. PhosAgro funds the purchase of state-of-the-art medical equipment and allocates additional funds to attract medical personnel to the Arctic cities of Kirovsk and Apatity.

Apatit JSC (part of the PhosAgro Group) was also awarded a special diploma in the category "Best Corporate Social Investment Program in Territories in the Context of Sustainable Development and Business Strategy" for creating modern urban and tourist infrastructure in the Far North.

PhosAgro CEO Alexander Gilgenberg thanked the expert jury of the "Corporate Philanthropy Leaders – 2025" rating for their thorough and comprehensive analysis of the company's social and charitable activities.

"Caring for our workforce and all residents of the regions where we operate has been a strategic and consistent priority for PhosAgro since its inception. Over the past three years alone, the company has invested a total of 40 billion rubles in supporting our social and charitable projects, including creating a comfortable urban environment in the regions. To this end, we make anchor investments that serve as a launchpad for small businesses and the service sector. The best example is the development of the Khibiny mountain tourism cluster in the Arctic city of Kirovsk. This is one of the key projects in the comprehensive socioeconomic partnership between the company and the Government of the Murmansk Region, in which we have already invested 25 billion rubles.

"The high praise for this work by the Donor Forum experts is a reputable endorsement of the company's direction, effectiveness, and relevance of its social projects supporting education, healthcare, sports, and the creation of a comfortable urban environment," noted Alexander Gilgenberg.

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On December 11, 2025, the animated series "Shushumagia" from YARKO will be shown in China.

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The project will be released on December 15 on Mango TV, one of China's leading streaming platforms.

"Our animated content will continue to strengthen its position in the international market, promote cultural exchange with Asian countries, and engage with international viewers, for whom family-friendly content, coupled with values of friendship, care, love, and respect for one another, is as important and inviolable a foundation of society as it is in Russia. This successful experience allows us to develop a further promotion strategy on other international platforms."

Olga Golubkova, Commercial Director of YARKO

"Shushumagia" is a fantasy series about girls vacationing at an eco-camp by the sea. One day, they discover a portal to the Magic Forest. There, they meet the Guardian, gain magical powers, and become caretakers of the extraordinary shushu creatures.

In November, Mango TV premiered another YARKO animation project, "MATCH Team." For Gazprom-Media Holding, systematic development of its international operations is one of its strategic objectives.

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Sergey Krivovichev, Director General of the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, became a laureate of the Sberbank Science Prize in the Physical World category on December 11, 2025.

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Moscow. December 11, 2025. Sergey Krivovichev, Director General of the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KSC RAS), was awarded the Sber Scientific Prize in the Physical World category.

The awards ceremony was held in Moscow. It was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko, Minister of Healthcare of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov, President and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank Herman Gref, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Rector of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Alexander Kuleshov, and others.

In 2025, the Sber Science Prize received 290 applications—almost triple the number from the previous year. The majority of the works—214—were in three main categories: "Physical World," "Life Sciences," and "Digital Universe." The "AI in Science" category for young scientists received 76 applications. Most of the applications came from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Tomsk, and Kazan.

The 2025 prize fund exceeded 100 million rubles. Each laureate in the main categories received 30 million rubles. Young scientists using artificial intelligence in their research received 5 million rubles in the "AI in Science" category, as well as 1 million rubles for cloud computing for their future work.

"Our scientific award is a way to say thank you to people who have dedicated themselves to science. It's a way to inspire the many young scientists who have embarked on this important path. I know of no more meaningful work than that of a scientist. Science is a very complex endeavor. It requires remarkable talent, but most importantly, perseverance. You have to try 99 times and not give up, so that the hundredth attempt succeeds. Our award is a way to support these people in this hard work and show that we believe in them," emphasized Herman Gref, President and Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank.

For the development of fundamentally new approaches in Earth sciences, including the theory of anion-centered complexes and methods of information-entropy analysis for understanding mineral-forming processes and creating new mineral-like materials, Professor Sergei Krivovichev, Director General of the Federal Research Center Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was recognized as the best in the Physical World category.

These studies address both fundamental questions of mineralogy—such as the relationship between the composition, crystal structure, and properties of minerals—and applied problems related to the creation of new mineral-like materials. The use of information theory has provided new insights into the mechanisms governing the formation and transformation of minerals throughout Earth's history, the diversity of mineral species, and their chemical and structural complexity.

The award was presented to the head of the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Valery Falkov.

"First of all, I would like to thank the Sber team and German Oskarovich for such a wonderful gift to Russian scientists. I would also like to thank the members of the scientific award committee for choosing me as this year's laureate in the Physical World category. This underscores the importance of mineralogy and geochemistry for our country," noted Sergey Krivovichev, accepting the award. "The Kola Peninsula is an amazing place, home to numerous rich mineral deposits and a number of outstanding mining companies, with whom we have very strong ties. But I would especially like to single out and thank PhosAgro, our center's main industrial partner, with whom we are implementing a number of very important scientific, industrial, and educational projects."

The creation of a Research Center for the detailed study of the material composition of mineral raw materials and further improvement of the efficiency of apatite-nepheline ore processing at the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, funded by PhosAgro, significantly expanded research capabilities in the field of technological mineralogy. Opened in the Akademgorodok of the Kola Science Center in March 2024, the company invested over 500 million rubles in its construction and equipment.

The development of the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which celebrated its 95th anniversary this year, has historically been closely linked to the Apatit Mining and Processing Plant. The company, now part of the PhosAgro Group, traditionally utilizes cutting-edge developments from KSC researchers. For example, in recent years, scientists from the KSC Mining Institute have developed a unique seismicity monitoring and rock burst warning system, the SIGMA GT, for Apatit. They are also working on the design of Apatit's mine workings, optimizing quarry walls, and solving surveying problems related to ensuring the most complete extraction of minerals from the ore body. A significant portion of their work is related to beneficiation—KSC scientists are constantly testing new flotation reagents. Environmental issues are also a significant focus of the joint work between KSC scientists and Apatit specialists.

"On behalf of PhosAgro, I congratulate Sergey Vladimirovich on this well-deserved award. This is a prestigious recognition of the contributions of the team at the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the development of mining, geology, and geochemistry—critical scientific disciplines that underpin the development of the domestic chemical industry. We are proud that our joint projects are a significant part of this extensive and important work, and we are confident that it will continue," noted Alexander Gilgenberg, CEO of PhosAgro.

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On December 11, 2025, the film "Shurik's Incredible Adventures" was released.

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The premiere of TNT's main New Year's film took place yesterday at the Oktyabr Cinema. The film's distributor is Central Partnership (part of Gazprom-Media Holding). The musical comedy will air on December 31.

"The main New Year's adventure on TNT has been going on for several years now. We shot the fourth film, re-edited it ten times, and barely managed to get it to you! And I'm sure we've created a masterpiece. If only because it stars the great Soviet actress and television presenter Anna Nikolaevna Shatilova. She's with us at the premiere today. Now that Anna Nikolaevna has joined us, we can officially declare ourselves a classic."

Tina Kandelaki, Deputy General Director of Gazprom-Media Holding and Director of the TNT TV channel

The film centers on the incredible love story of Shurik and Nina, transporting viewers into a kaleidoscope of Soviet and world cinema. The leading roles are played by Timur Batrutdinov, Marina Kravets, and Garik Martirosyan. Dozens of famous actors and musicians will appear in the film.

The project's creators include the authors of TNT's New Year's hits "The Irony of Fate," "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Everything!" and "The Undiamond Arm."

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On December 11, 2025, Gazprom-Media's study on the image of the hero in Russian cinema was discussed at a meeting of the Public Council under Roskomnadzor.

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Audiences seek not only spectacle but also new meanings in film and TV series characters that reflect the current values of Russian society, said Daria Pugacheva, Director of the Research Department at Gazprom-Media Holding.

She presented a large-scale study of the hero's image in Russian films and TV series, conducted by the Holding last year. It was based on interviews with experts, a semiotic analysis of Russian cinema over the past 40 years, and surveys of Russians. The study identified 43 hero archetypes.

"The study has become a useful tool for the Holding's content strategy, and we are already beginning to rely on the created archetype system in film production. Importantly, the meeting participants found much in our study that is useful for solving their professional problems and for further practical application in the industry."

Daria Pugacheva, Director of the Research Department at Gazprom-Media Holding

The meeting was devoted to the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian values and included presentations from representatives of the expert community.

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On December 10, 2025, Gazprom-Media Holding volunteers took part in the 2nd Gazprom Group Corporate Volunteers Forum.

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Volunteers from Gazprom-Media Holding and its companies took part in the 2nd Gazprom Group Corporate Volunteers Forum. The event brought together representatives from over 90 of the Group's companies at the Lakhta Center.

Over the past five years, the Holding's volunteer activities have evolved into a systemic social strategy program called "PRO." It covers a wide range of social and environmental issues. The Holding collaborates with the Mosvolonter resource center and the National Council for Corporate Volunteering, and participates in joint charity events.

The Holding's volunteers support hospices, children with disabilities, participants in the secondary military service, and environmental projects. The corporate center, "Universe of Good," was included in a collection of best practices for corporate volunteering, took second place in the all-Russian "Champions of Good Deeds" competition, was named the best social project, and took third place in the regional stage of the International Award.

Every year, Gazprom volunteers implement over two thousand initiatives supporting the elderly, orphans, animal shelters, and the environment. In 2025, in honor of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, the focus was on preserving historical memory: more than four thousand veterans received assistance through the "Door to Door" campaign.

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On December 10, 2025, Gazprom-Media announced a project for a joint creative industries center at the first Russian-UAE business forum.

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At the first Russian-UAE business forum in Dubai, Gazprom-Media Holding CEO Alexander Zharov presented a comprehensive roadmap for the two countries' strategic partnership in the media sector. A key initiative was the proposal to establish a Russian-UAE Center for Creative Industries.

In his speech at the plenary session "Long-Term Growth Architecture: New Horizons for Russia-UAE Cooperation," Alexander Zharov emphasized the enormous untapped potential of the two countries' cultural, technological, and ambition-driven alliances in Russian-UAE relations. He cited the UAE's attractive terms, including its tax regime, rebate system, and state-of-the-art industrial infrastructure, as key factors for investment.

"I am convinced that deepening cooperation will create a unique charge of creative energy that will become a powerful driver of economic development in both countries."

Alexander Zharov, General Director of Gazprom-Media Holding

Gazprom-Media Holding is already actively developing three main areas of cooperation:

Film distribution. Since 2023, Central Partnership, a holding company, has released 11 Russian films in the UAE, including "Cheburashka," "The Challenge," and new releases for 2025. Plans include transitioning from isolated releases to a systematic approach, including joint cultural events. Filming in the UAE. The holding has successful production experience in the Emirates, including two seasons of the show "Survive in Dubai." Next year, an expansion of its international project lineup is planned, including a feature film, tentatively titled "Vacation in the UAE," which is being prepared for submission to the Abu Dhabi rebate program. Co-production. Gazprom-Media Holding is in talks with major UAE media organizations, including Abu Dhabi Media, Etisalat e-life, and MBC Group, regarding joint content and distribution projects.

To consolidate these efforts, Gazprom-Media Holding has proposed the creation of a Russian-UAE Center for Creative Industries. The initiators envision it as a platform for co-production, research initiatives, startup acceleration, and educational programs. The center's design is already being discussed with relevant UAE ministries.

Gazprom-Media's strategy is aimed at building a systemic partnership with representatives of the UAE's creative industry. In addition to establishing the center, its elements include expanding mutual distribution on digital platforms, joint marketing activities, and the integration of media ecosystems, including through the exchange of specialists and students.

The forum's plenary session was attended by Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation; Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism of the UAE; Alexander Zharov, CEO of Gazprom-Media Holding; Mohamed Hassan Al Suwaidi, Minister of Investment of the United Arab Emirates; Chief Executive Officer, ADQ Holding; Rustam Minnikhanov, Rais (Head) of the Republic of Tatarstan; Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO, DPWorld; Vitaly Sergeychuk, Member of the Management Board, VTB Bank; Mahdi Amjad, Founder and Executive Chairman, OMNIYAT Group.

The forum was organized by the Russia-Emirates Business Council (REBC) with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Roscongress Foundation, and the Marathon Investment Group. Gazprom-Media Holding served as the event's media partner.

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On December 10, 2025, Gazprom-Media Holding and the Russia-Emirati Business Council (REBC) agreed to work together on projects in the UAE.

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A memorandum of understanding aimed at developing cooperation in media, culture, and technology between Russia and the United Arab Emirates was signed on the sidelines of the first Russia-UAE Business Forum in Dubai by Gazprom-Media Holding CEO Alexander Zharov and REDBC Chairman Alexander Vinokurov. The agreement lays the foundation for expanding the presence of Russian content and projects in the UAE market.

"The signed memorandum opens up new opportunities for us and serves as a working roadmap for strengthening business and humanitarian bridges between our countries. Together with the Russia-UAE Business Council, we will actively promote Russian creative and technological projects and work to strengthen the positive business and cultural agenda between Russia and the UAE."

Alexander Zharov, General Director of Gazprom-Media Holding

The partners intend to work on highlighting business initiatives, shaping the information agenda in both countries, and promoting cultural, educational, and technological exchange.

One of the practical goals of the memorandum is to increase Gazprom-Media Holding's presence in the UAE market. This is planned to be achieved through the distribution of the Holding's creative, digital, and media projects.

"Our partnership with Gazprom-Media Holding significantly expands our opportunities to promote Russian projects in the UAE and the Middle East market as a whole. Media plays a key role not only in supporting economic initiatives but also in fostering trust, mutual interest, and cultural dialogue between countries. I am confident that combining our strategic efforts and media tools will facilitate the development of new areas of cooperation, strengthen humanitarian ties, and further rapprochement between Russia and the UAE."

Alexander Vinokurov Chairman of REDS

The collaboration between Russia's largest media holding and the business council, which consolidates key bilateral economic ties, is aimed at creating a systemic effect. It should facilitate not only business expansion but also strengthen mutual understanding between Russia and the UAE through humanitarian and information channels.

The forum is organized by the Russia-Emirates Business Council (REBC) with the support of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Roscongress Foundation, and the Marathon Investment Group. Gazprom-Media Holding is the event's media partner.

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On December 10, 2025, Olga Gnezdilova won the Top 1000 Russian Managers award.

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On December 9, the Helikon Opera announced the winners of the annual "Top 1000 Russian Managers" award, which recognizes outstanding professionals in the Russian business community.

Olga Gnezdilova received the award in the Best Financial Director category. From July 2022 to November 2025, she served as Financial Director of Gazprom-Media Holding.

The winners are selected by a jury consisting of over 200 permanent members of the award academy—representatives of business, the media, and the expert community. The best were named in 19 categories.

In 2025, 42 representatives of Gazprom-Media Holding and its companies were included in the "Top 1000 Russian Managers" rating compiled by the Managers Association and Kommersant Publishing House. They were recognized in the categories of "Media Business," "Online Platforms," and "Communications and Advertising Agencies."

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On December 9, 2025, Gazprom-Media and the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics' Dubai branch will join forces to develop creative industries.

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A Gazprom-Media Holding delegation, led by CEO Alexander Zharov, held a working meeting with the management of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (REU) branch in Dubai (UAE).

The talks focused on prospects for cooperation between one of Russia's largest media holdings and a Russian university offering educational services in the Middle East. The parties agreed to explore the development of new curricula in the creative industries and discussed promoting Russian education in the UAE and marketing the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics' Dubai branch.

Following the meeting, specific partnership vectors were outlined, aimed at training qualified personnel for the media sector.

"By combining the expertise of a leading media holding and the university's academic resources, we can create unique educational products. Our goal is not only to train specialists for the creative economy of the future but also to strengthen the position of Russian education and cultural influence in a key region of the world."

Alexander Zharov, General Director of Gazprom-Media Holding

"The Plekhanov Russian University of Economics's high standing in international educational rankings has contributed to a confident start to its activities in a dynamically developing region. Through its alliance with the Gazprom-Media media holding, the university is gaining a powerful impetus for promoting Russian education and culture."

Svetlana Malkarova, Director of Plekhanov University in Dubai

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