A working group led by Deputy Economic Development Minister Oleg Savelyev has put the companies on the list upon their request, after each federal ministry responsible for its own economic sector analysed their financial and economic results and checked their compliance with the selection criteria, including their social and economic importance.
The list includes nine companies:
Geotech Holding (oil and gas)Kaliningrad amber plant (mining)
Polymetal (metals industry)
Kirovsky Zavod (agricultural equipment engineering)
Kristall (jewelry)
Nizhny Novgorod oil and fat plant (food industry)
Nefis Group (food industry)
Sibirskaya Gubernia (food industry)
Gosznak federal enterprise.