The informal meeting between Vladimir Putin and George Bush began in an unusual way. Putin showed to his American colleague his first car, a thirty-year-old Zaporozhets.

Russia’s Minister of Trade and Economic Development Herman Gref: “The St. Peterburg Forum has become the best marketing of the country one could ever imagine.” The Forum’s chief hallmark is its truly creative atmosphere.

The Russian Ministry of Interior Affairs is making no secret of its satisfaction: the G8 ministers of justice, and general prosecutors managed to sign cooperation agreements for countering terrorism.

A major program for the development of a unified system for the production, the transportation, and the distribution of natural gas in the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia is currently being launched.

One of the largest Yakut companies Komdragmentall cuts Russian diamonds, produces jewelry, and looks for American partners. Annual production exceeds USD 30 million worth of polished diamonds.

The mission of the SakhaJeweller is to showcase the wealth and beauty of the Yakutia region in Russia, whose unique resources are embodied in each jewelry item that the company creates. 

During the May 2006 visit of the Belarusian business delegation, Limber's director Maryia Surtayeva was one of the most sought-after people. Quite appropriately so. This woman successfully runs a large private industrial company.

The OJSC Neman Glass Plant is a company with century-long glass-manufacturing traditions that specializes in making high-quality tableware from colored and colorless glass as well as decorative crystal items.

Movie director from Croatia Branco Ivanda received Russian-American Business magazine’s prize for the best foreign motion picture at the 39th annual WorldFest film festival in Houston, Texas

“The visit of the Belarusian delegation turned out to be very valuable and effective. Many companies have found American partners and are already actively working with them.”

By providing opportunities for employment and self-employment of the population, private entrepreneurship decreases social tensions and gives people the chance to apply their talents.

By complementing the private sector, OPIC can provide financing in countries where conventional financial institutions often are reluctant or unable to lend any funds.

The level of radioactivity in the Chernobyl zone following the fallout was 400 times higher than what Hiroshima experienced in 1945. The blaze from the explosion of the reactor persisted for ten days.

The June 4 phone call to the Asryan home brought good news to all of Armenia. Karen Asryan became the champion at the 37th Chess Olympiad.

This past winter, the Association of World Citizens awarded a retired Colonel of the Russian Army Stanislav Petrov at the U.N. headquarters.