“The chairman of the organizing committee for the preparation and holding of the Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition, the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov decided to postpone the exhibition scheduled for July 7–10, 2020 in Yekaterinburg, to July 2021,” TASS quotes the Ministry of Industry and Trade Of Russia.

It is noted that the decision is associated with an unfavorable epidemiological situation in the world and is aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection in Russia.

Previously, the SPIEF organizing committee decided not to hold the forum in 2020 due to coronavirus infection.