On 21st May, as part of an education programme by the “RSM on Air” media and information shift, held from 12th to 24th May at the “Smena” National Children’s Centre (Krasnodar Region), Maria Markova, senior external and internal communications manager at Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications gave a master class on the work of the modern press office for young journalists from 85 regions of Russia.

On 17th may 2018, the results of the NR2C national communications company ranking were announced in the RF Public Chamber in Moscow. Mikhailov & Partners (h.c. Novacom Group) became a lider of the ranking for the results of 2017.

As part of the Media Day run by the journalism department of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economic and Public Administration, Alexey Zinovkin, director of the corporate communications practice at Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications, and Yulia Chirkova, HR director at Novacom Group, gave a public talk entitled “PR in the Era of “Ruthless Spin Doctors”: What PR Expert Skills are in Demand Today?”.

Mikhailov & Partners (part of the Novacom Group) is Russia’s sole representative amongst the 100 biggest communications companies in the Global TOP 250 PR Agency Ranking 2018 compiled by international industry journal The Holmes Report.

On 24th April, a meeting was held in the offices of Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications with Niaz Samadizadeh, Euronews vice president for development and editorial programme strategy, Kjell Stein, commercial director for international projects, and Elena Koler, director of Euronews sales department in Russia.

The international communications campaign to promote the Astana EXPO-2017 exhibition by a team from Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications has received two certificates of excellence from the international In2 SABRE Awards EMEA in the “Best in Broadcast Media” and “Best Media Partnership” categories.

The international communications campaign to promote the Astana EXPO-2017 exhibition by a team from Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications has been shortlisted for the SABRE Awards EMEA 2018 in the “Branded Journalism” category.

On 10th April, Ellen Pinchuk, deputy CEO of Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications, moderated a Business Evening with the well-known Moscow lawyer and restaurateur Alexander Rappoport.

On 23rd March, as part of a programme of lectures at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations’ (MGIMO) PR Club, Ellen Pinchuk, Deputy CEO of Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications, spoke about how to win attention in an age of information overload.

Ellen Pinchuk, Deputy CEO of Mikhailov & Partners Strategic Communications, has once again been invited to serve on the jury of the national stage of Effie Worldwide - the world’s most prestigious award in the sphere of effectiveness of advertising and marketing communications.