Prince Henrick , Prince Frederick  and the deleagtion of 100 businessmen are accompanying the Queen. It is the second visit of Margrete II to Moscow, the previous one took place in 1975, when she was in Moscow and St. Petersburg during the official visit.

The programme of the visit includes meetings of the Queen with the prime-minister Vladimir Putin, the direction of Council of Federation. Besides, the members of the royal family are going to attend several Dutch companies in Moscow and st. Petersburg. Margrete II will participate in the ceremony of opening of the factory of Dutch concern Grundfos ; she will also visit Moscow representative office of Dutch company Rochwool. Another important event is going to be the Second conference of Russian-Dutch business forum.

The volume of good circulation was 3,3 milliard of dollars last year. It has increased for the last six moths and now it is 1,9 milliard dollars. The volume of Dutch investments into Russian economy is 2 milliard dollars. The main issue for discussion will be a partnership n the area of energetics, the project of building of gas pipeline Nord Stream is especially significant.

source:

ria.ru/