business with Russia and other FSU republics

[Benjamin Rifkin]

BISNIS, The Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States,
maintains an interesting web page.  The URL is:

http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/bisnis.html

>>From this web page, one can use links to hop to information specifically
about Russia or any of the other states of the former Soviet Union by
clicking on "country reports."  The country report page for Russia includes
links to long lists of American companies with offices in Moscow,
Petersburg and the Russian Far East, including details on addresses,
telephones, fax numbers, names of contacts and sometimes American or
European addresses and contact info as well.  The country report page also
features the text of Pickering's farewell address and other information
about trade with Russia.

This information might be helpful to people trying to attract attention of
students considering foreign language study who are interested in business
opportunities.

Ben Rifkin


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Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI  53706
voice (608) 262-1623; fax (608) 265-2814
e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu