Centrosoyuz of the Russian Federation

Aims:

- strengthening the unity of consumer cooperation’s system;

- building up and spreading cooperative ideology, philosophy and culture;

- defending the democratic basis , cooperative values and principles;

- coordination of the activities of consumer societies and its unions;

- protection of property and other rights for consumer societies and its members, unions of consumer societies;

- representing consumer societies’ interests to governmental and local authorities, international organizations;

- providing information and other services to consumer societies and its unions.

Lines of activity

Economy

Central union of consumer societies of the Russian Federation unites:

- more than 8.4 thousands sections for consumer goods’ production;

- 6.7 thousands purchasing centers for agricultural products;

- 30 thousands domestic services centers;

- 7 thousands public catering establishments;

- 50 thousands shops.

The enterprises of consumer cooperation grow grain, fruits and vegetables. They produce meat and dairy products, soft drinks and beer, bakery and confectionary products, canned and semi prepared foodstuff, the items for repair and construction, wool products and fair. Also they procure medical herbs, both fresh and dried mushrooms an berries from ecologically clean areas, agricultural products grown in subsistence farming

Education

More than 100 000 students get education in educational institution of consumer cooperation.
There are 48 branches of study in higher and secondary educational institutions and 15 academic branches of study in postgraduate studentship as well.

The system of cooperative education consists of:

- Russian university of cooperation (RUC), 22 RUC’s branches (located on the territory From Kaliningrad to Petropavlovsk - Kamchatskiy);

- educational institutions of secondary professional education: 53 technical secondary schools and colleges as well, and its 91 branches;

- educational institutions of elementary professional education: 2 training colleges, 1 lyceum;

- scientific research institute of consumer cooperation founded in 1965.

Healthcare

Central Union has its own medical institutions - Hospital and Clinic.
There is wide range of medical services and laboratory diagnostics such as ultrasonic scanning, endoscopy, radiography in both of them.

Health resort treatment

There are three sanatoriums in the system of Central Union of Russia located in the following areas:

- Belocuricha town;

- Kislovodsk town;

- Udelnaya village (Moscow’s region).

Centrosoyuz’s information centre

- LLC «Centrosoyuz’s Publishing house»

- Newspaper "Russian cooperation"

- Magazine "Business reporter of "Russian cooperation" (Insertion to the “Russian cooperation”)

NEWS

9.02.10.

On February, 9th, 2010 Evgeny Kuznetsov, chairman of Centrosojuz Council of Russia, has taken part in the expanded session of the Commission on work with public associations of the All-Russia political party " United Russia ".

The head of the Central Union of Consumer Societies has told to participants about the new public project which the Party has prepared together with Centrosojuz of Russia. The project provides modernization of trading-consumer services system in a countryside. In 2010 in seven regions of the Russian Federation, namely in the Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Rostov areas, and also in Republics Mary El Mordovia, Chuvashiya and Udmurtiya Centrosojuz plans to open about 200 people's shops under a brand " COOP TORG ".

Rural supermarkets will be created on the basis of existing trading networks. Except for foodstuff trade in shops social service will be provided.

Creation of a united cooperative trading network also will allow to set up a work on purchase, processing and realizations of domestic agricultural production.

Within the realization of the party project "United Russia" and Centrosojuz are planning to start modern mobile shops which will deliver production to remoted settlements and to accept orders on personal services from the population.

10.02.10.

On February, 10th, 2010 in the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia took place session of Council on small and medium enterprises.

One of the main theme of the session is creation regional agro-industrial parks which will allow to solve in a complex questions of production and sale of agricultural production of the Russian producers.

Alexandr Petrikov, the deputy minister of an agriculture of Russia, has noted, that it is necessary to consider potential Centrosojuz of Russia in realization of this project .

There are about four thousand consumer cooperative societies which conduct procurement, processing and realization of agricultural products in Centrosojuz of Russia .

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Chairman of Centrosojuz Council, taking the floor, has paid attention on necessity of prime state support to already existing production basis of Centrosojuz.

The Central Union of Consumer Societies is ready to offer today the complex program on improvement of system of procurement, processing and selling of agricultural production on the basis of potential of consumers' cooperative society. The project of the program has been developed according to assignments of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev about fuller use of potential of cooperatives.

Centrosojuz of Russia suggests to develop integration of small forms of economies with consumer societies. The president of Centrosojuz has paid attention to the members of the Council to the necessity of equal support of agricultural and consumer cooperatives. On results of the meeting it was instructed to departments of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia

to work a question on participation of the organizations of consumers' cooperative society of Centrosojuz of Russia in actions on development of an infrastructure and logistical maintenance of the agricultural foodstuff market of the country.

12.02.10.

On February, 12th, acting at 21 congress of Association of country (farmer) economics and agricultural co-operatives of Russia, the first vice-premier Victor Zubkov has confirmed, that the Government of Russia will work in a direction of creation of the agricultural markets in each city and municipal formation.

Creation of such market, has noted Zubkov, appears among other in a number governmental « assignments on development of united cooperative system of procurement, processing and selling of agricultural production ».

So that the Russian farmers could further increased its production there is need to develop infrastructure on processing agricultural products and its realization in cities.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Chairman of the Centrosojuz Council considers, to create a modern infrastructure of trade in agricultural products quickly and with the least expenses is possible on the basis of potential of consumers' cooperative society.

« Within the system of consumers' cooperative society more than 300 markets on all country operates today. The problem of consumer cooperatives is to reduce a way of the foodstuffs from a field up to a counter, excepting unnecessary parts », - Evgeny Kuznetsov has noted.

17.02.10.

In Сentrosojuz of the Russian Federation are summed up the results of activity of the organizations of consumers' cooperative society in 2009. On results of the last year the cooperative organizations of Centrosojuz of the Russian Federation have increased a total volume of activity up to 206,5 billion roubles. It is on 3,5 billion is more, than in the past year.

For last year by the organizations of consumers' cooperative society in retail trade it is sold the goods on 144,3 billion roubles. Realization of articles of foodstuffs was prevailed, its share in a turnover of retail trade has reached 76 percent, in comparison with 74,5 percent in 2008.

The turnover of public catering has made 12,1 billion roubles. Development of own production of public catering has reached 9,4 billion roubles that has made 78 percent in relation to a turnover of public catering. In 2008 this index was 72 percent.

In 2009 to the population it is rendered paid services almost on 4 billion roubles, including household services on 489 billion roubles .

The cooperative organizations was bought agricultural products and raw material on 17,3 billion roubles, including 77,5 thousand tons of meat, 200 thousand tons of milk, 218 thousand tons of a potato and fruit-and-vegetable production. However the cooperative organizations did not manage to exceed volumes of purchases of the last year.

The volume of production for 2009 amount 19,2 billion roubles, including foodstuffs on 18,4 billion roubles. It was produced above 550 thousand tons of bread and bakery products, from above 15 thousand tons of sausage products, 39 thousand tons of confectionery products, 39 million of caned food (conditional cans), almost 7 million decalitres of soft drinks. It is made semifinished goods on 1,9 billion roubles.

The economic crisis has influenced the work of the cooperative organizations. However, as a whole on system of consumers' cooperative society profitable work of all fields of activity is provided.

03.03.10

Delegates V of Congress of Noncommercial partnership « Association of the business organizations of Russia (OPORA) » on March, 1st have discussed results of work of the organization and have elected directing bodies.

Sergey Borisov, the president of Noncommercial partnership, at the report-elective congress was elected for new four-year-old term.

Chairman of Centrosojuz Council of Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov among other representatives of branch associations again was a part of Board "OPORA ".

ОссРоРо

Since 2006 with participation of enterprise community the important legal norms adjusting activity of small and medium business were accepted, a number of necessary amendments was brought in the current legislation, were solved organizational questions of development of small and medium business.

A number of the norms improving conditions of activity of the small and medium business enterprises, were accepted under initiative of Centrosojuz of Russia in active cooperation with enterprise associations in structure of "OPORA". In particular, the Law releasing payers of the United tax to the made income of obligatory application of control-cash technics was passed, the norm about increase up to 60 million roubles limiting the size of the income was accepted at application of the simplified rate of the taxation. Together with the Russian Guild of bakers and confectioners Centrosojuz of Russia work on a cancelling of certification of bakers and confectionery manufactures, and also a cancelling of licensing on running of explosive and fire-hazardous objects to which the baking enterprises concern is related.

03.03.10.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Chairman of the Centrosojuz Council of Russia, has taken part in the First congress of the Russian milk manufacturers on March, 3rd .

The main theme of congress became discussion of stabilization of the Russian market of milk and measures on development of dairy branch on the basis of cooperation of milk producers and processors.

To solve these problems as participants of congress consider, it is possible on the basis of cooperation of milk producers and processors. A first step in this direction is signing within the framework of congress of the agreement on the general principles of cooperation. The document as it is supposed, will define reference points of pricing on crude milk.

Questions of increase of a production efficiency of milk including the conclusion of the long-term agreement between producers and processors of crude milk were discussed at meeting with the First vice-president of the Government of Russia Victor Zubkov on February, 18th. At meeting also it has been certain, that the Ministry of Agriculture, other federal enforcement authorities with participation of Centrosojuz of Russia and other branch associations will handle the development of a complex of concrete measures on regulation of the market of milk in view of cooperation of producers and processors.

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Chairman of the Centrosojuz Council has noted, that the organizations of consumers' cooperative society conduct not only purchase, and also processing and realization of milk products. So this operating system quite can become a basis for the further cooperation of milk producers and processors.

Today on all country operates more than three thousand consumer societies. In sphere of their service there are almost 90 thousand settlements, including 54 thousand settlements where less than 100 person lives.

On results of 2009 by the organizations of consumer cooperatives it is bought from the population almost 200 thousand tons of milk products. Processing of the bought crude milk is conducted, including, and on own 43 processing enterprises. It is realized ready dairy production through a network of cooperative shops, the markets and fairs.