В материале, подготовленном корреспондентом журнала Flooring на основе интервью с генеральным директором клининговой компании Cristanval Поповым Олегом, отражается состояние рынка клининга России, его перспективы, подведены итоги прошедшего года и обозначены приоритеты ближайшего будущего.

Oleg Popov, director general of Russian cleaning company Cristanval, offers ECJ an exclusive overview of the cleaning market.
Just 10 years ago cleaning services were considered as luxury ones. Then the demand for the service grew tremendously as many commercial buildings - specially shopping centres - were erected throughout Russia.

Oleg Popov, director general for Cristanval cleaning company in Russia, explains how many businesses are now adding other services to their portfolio.

Cleaning in Russia is much more than cleaning. The list of services provided by an average cleaning company now usually grows longer year by year, and not only because of new cleaning services being added. Once it wins a big client, a company tends to surround that contract with a range of other varied services.

Preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in Russia, have already
started. Oleg Popov of Cristanval explains how the cleaning contracts will be awarded shortly.

In 2014 the Russian Federation will be host the XXII Winter Olympic Games. They will take place over 36 days within two clusters, a coastal cluster in Sochi and a mountain cluster in

As ECJ correspondent Oleg Popov of contract cleaning company Cristanval explains, the Russian cleaning market is immature and as such lacks qualified personnel.

Since the cleaning market in Russia is still immature, it often lacks qualified personal. The profession of “cleaner” is brand new (it has never existed in former times), and there are no single educational body within the industry which provides cleaning education. Therefore it is not surprising that requirements for specialist qualification are not so strict when compared to the rest of Europe.

Oleg Popov – general director for cleaning company Cristanval and Russian correspondent for ECJ – takes a look at the level of profitability within the country’s cleaning business.