The PR agency Weber Shandwick announced that it was requested to promote Yekaterinburg as the host city for EXPO 2020 exhibition. This information is available from the company’s website.

In fact, Yekaterinburg is currently among the five shortlist candidates for hosting the World Universal Exhibition in 2020.

‘We are proud to be engaged in supporting Russia and Yekaterinburg in their efforts to host EXPO 2020. We intend to create the strongest international team available and to use the experience from our best global PR campaigns to bring EXPO 2020 to Russia and to the Urals,’ says the agency Chairman Jack Leslie.

In the meantime, the region’s authorities have not offered any official statements on the matter yet. This means there are no data as to what criteria were applied to choose the partner company, or whether the necessary tender was carried out, or how much Weber Shandwick’s services will cost.