INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA
( 14 the best
sites in English devoted to Investment in Russia)
Why Russia?
The
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is confident in the progress
achieved in the Russian economy of late, and believes that the level of trust
between the EBRD and Russia has improved. We welcome the new opportunities that
have opened up for investors in Russia, and the figures testify to that. Whereas
in 1999, the EBRD invested USD 220 million in Russia, in 2000 that figure had
risen to USD 780 million. Our target for this year is USD 700 million, of which
the majority will go to a range of projects in the private sector.
Jean
LEMIERRE
President, EBRD
According to official data 16 thousand
joint stock companies with share of foreign capital from 117 countries of
the world were established in Russia. The main shareholders are United States,
Germany, China, Finland, UK, Poland, Switzerland, Japan, Austria, Italy. The
most attractive spheres of Russian economy for the foreign investors are fuel
industry, trade and catering, woodworking, palp and paper industry,
mashinebuilding and metalworking, transport and communications, science and
scientific service.
To make finding profitable investment projects easier we
suggest Saudi businessmen to use Russian Internet sites below.
We selected them from collection of Russian Internet business sites and
made annotations of their content.
1. “Ernst & Young” - http://www.ey.com/global/gcr.nsf/Russia_E/Russia_Home_E
Ernst & Young was the
first of the world's leading professional services firms to arrive in the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Leading local and multinational firms
rely on our comprehensive services - audit, taxation, legal, corporate finance,
and other business-related services. From our CIS offices in Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Kiev, Almaty, and Baku, we assist companies of all sizes, from
multinationals to up-and-coming local firms, and deliver integrated services for
every industry. The services we provide in the CIS are supported by our global
network of offices; our people are able to draw on ideas, information, and
resources from around the world to help resolve our clients' business issues.
Ernst & Young is also
active in promoting foreign investment into Russia. The Foreign
Investment Advisory Council, a forum for the Russian Government and
foreign businesses to bring about improvement in Russia's investment climate, is
co-chaired by Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Ernst & Young.
Ernst & Young is the
adviser of choice for companies doing business in the Russian Federation.
Leading local and multinational firms rely on our comprehensive audit,
technology
& security risk services, tax,
corporate
finance, valuation
services, and legal
services.
Center for Professional Development
The aim of the Center is to offer our clients professional
development services for their management and finance staff.
Find
out about our professional development services
The Independent Director Programme
The Investor Protection Association (IPA) and Ernst &
Young have launched the joint Independent Director Programme in Russia. Find
out more about this programme
Ernst & Young Russian Legislation
Website
At this website you may search and download our collection
of the Russian accounting, tax and related legislation translated into English,
browse our compilation of daily news affecting business in Russia, review
publications from our library, learn about our life and work.
www.tax.eycis.com
Technology & Security Risk Services
We have launched our new web site for eRisk Solutions,
focusing on information security services. See more under Russia Menu - Services
- Audit & Advisory - Technology
& Security Risk Services
German Desk
We have launched our new web site for German practice in
German language. See
more under Russia Menu - Services - German
Desk.
Russian Business Brief
A review
of the latest government regulations and other developments affecting business
in the Russian Federation.
Investment Climate in Russia
The future of the Russian economy depends on a healthy
investment climate. Read
this report (Adobe Acrobat 239 K) for details.
Russian Tax Calendar
In
English to help foreign investors keep track of important dates.
Tax Forms
Available in down-loadable
files in the format for Moscow tax authorities.
Information Security Survey 2001 Russia and
the CIS
Click
here to view and to download the Survey Report.
(Adobe Acrobat 1,2 Mb)
Russian Tax Code Law
The latest translation of Part I and Part II of the Tax Code
in English
translation.
Chart of Accounts
English translation of the new Chart
of Accounts to which enterprises must transfer during the next year.
(Adobe Actobat 567 K)
2. ”Foreign
Investment Advisory Council” - http://www.fiac.ru/
The Foreign
Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) was established in June 1994 as a result of
combined efforts of the Russian Government and foreign businesses to improve the
investment climate in Russia. The objective of FIAC is to make Russia a
preferred investment alternative for both foreign and domestic direct
investments. Russia, since the beginning of the 1990s, has been experiencing a
time of far-reaching challenge and transition. In the beginning, the Russian
Government sought advice from experts from all over the world, but much of the
advice did not take into account Russia’s special economic circumstances.
And foreign investors, who were committed to the Russian market and had
experience that was valuable to the Russian market, did not have the means to
make the right contacts. An effective infrastructure had not yet been
developed to facilitate discussion between the two parties. Although it was
commonly agreed that the Russian Government and foreign investors both worked
toward the creation of a stable economic climate to bring in more investment to
Russia, without a mediating body, the only achievable aim was simply to try to
attain a certain level of mutual understanding and trust.
In 1994 a group of Russia's
largest foreign investors seized the opportunity to forge an alliance between
the two sides and developed a proposal to create an international conference to
function as a communication tool between foreign investors and the Russian
Government. The issue was brought to contacts in the Russian Government, asking
whether they would be interested in working together to create a forum
established specifically to provide advice on making Russia a preferred
investment alternative for foreign investors to increase foreign capital to
Russia and resolve potential roadblocks.
The Russian Government agreed
to the proposal and since that time, the forum - to be later known as the
Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) - has been operating with the ongoing
support and direct participation of the Russian Government and CEOs and other
top executives from major multinationals who are members of special committees
established to advise the Government. FIAC has also expanded its
objective: To make Russia a preferred investment alternative for both
foreign and domestic direct investments.
How
it works
The Council, a standing body
which meets for a session one to two times a year, is co-chaired by the Prime
Minister of Russia and Ernst & Young. Current council members include CEOs
from ABB, BASF, BAT, BP, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, Campofrio, Cargill, Coca-Cola,
Itochu, Mars, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Pepsico, Procter & Gamble, Renault, Rhodia,
Siemens, Tetra Laval, Fata, Fiat, ExxonMobil, Ernst & Young, United
Technologies, Unilever, and the World Bank.
During the session, the
members meet as designated by their interest in a particular economic sector or
issue concerning the investment climate, tax and accounting, financial, energy,
and customs.
Between sessions, the Council
operates throughout the year through a number of working groups, described
above, to develop policies. Activities of the Working Groups, instructed by the
Government of Russia, are coordinated by the Ministry for Taxes and Levies, the
Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economics and Trade, the Ministry of
Energy, the Central Bank of Russia, the State Customs Committee, the State Duma,
the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, and other Russian
authorized bodies.
During the day, a Plenary
Session brings together the Prime Minister and CEOs to discuss the major issues
concerning foreign investors in Russia. The Plenary Session also gives the
leaders of the Working Groups to opportunity to discuss and submit
recommendations developed during the Working Group sessions. These
recommendations are the foundation for the Communiqué and Action Plans,
which are developed at the end of the session.
At the end of the day, a
Press Conference brings journalists from major news outlets into the discussion.
The participants inform the general public of the progress made during the
session and throughout the year. The issues discussed are debated in mass media
for a number of days following the session.
What
it has achieved
FIAC has initiated numerous
improvements which have been achieved in the areas of taxation policy, PSA
legislation, International Accounting Standards, etc. Further achievements
include the Russian Government's movement toward establishing a permanent
foreign investment committee and ombudsman.
The success of the Foreign
Investment Advisory Council in Russia has been noticed and is expanding into
other transitional and emerging markets. Foreign Investment Advisory Councils
have also been established in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Latvia. In
Azerbaijan and in a number of other countries Foreign Investment Advisory
Councils are currently developing.
FIAC contact information
3. “GOSINCOR”
- http://www.gosincor.ru/engl/aboute.html
The State Investment Corporation (GOSINCOR) - the state
unitary enterprise with the authorized capital exceeding 1 billion US dollars
was established under the Decree of President of Russia February 2, 1993.
The aim of the Corporation's activity is the increase in
the effectiveness of the investment process and creation of necessary conditions
to attract foreign investments and stimulate national investments that are
directed towards the realization of federal and regional programs of social and
economic development.
The Corporation carries on work in several main directions.
It actively participates in elaboration and conduction of the investment policy
that is being carried out by Russian organizations and departments. It develops
business-like cooperation with world leading insurance companies in order to
create an effective system of insurance of foreign investments in Russia. A
number of Companies were established within the framework of the Corporation or
with its participation. In practice the activities of these companies include
providing direct guarantees for investments and their realization. The
Corporation promotes training of specialists to implement investment programs
and projects.
The Corporation established business-like contacts with The
World Bank, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International
Finance Corporation, Bernese Union, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
and other principal foreign organizations and companies.
4. “InformVES
Association” - http://www.inves.ru/English%20version/i.htm
Self financing state owned company InformVES Association is
an integral part of the organizational system formed by the Russian Trade
Ministry. The Association was set up in 1988 as a successor to the Information
and Calculating Centres of the USSR Foreign Trade Ministry and the USSR State
Committee for Foreign Economic Relations. The legal basis for this were decree
by the USSR Council of Ministers of 3-rd March, 1988 and the Instruction by the
USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of 17-th March, 1988. Being a
self financing company, InformVES carries out its activities on a commercial
basis in accordance with the Statute InformVES Association has been formed to
provide information support for both Russian and foreign agents acting as
exporters/importers including the office of the Russian Trade Ministry, Russian
Trade Delegations, Missions and other Russian Authorities as well as various
foreign companies and organizations.
The main priorities of the Office are:
contribute to improvement of efficiency and further
development of foreign trade activity on the territory of an area and the
interregional ties. Also, it is necessary to create favorable conditions for
business and to help operators dealing in foreign trade to enter foreign markets
using the effective system of information and consultancy services for the
Russian and foreign traders.
The main functions of the Office are:
commercial supply of information needed by the Russian and
foreign traders to effectively participate in business and foreign trade;
implementation of export and import licensing procedures,
contract, issuing registration certificates and certificates of origin;
drawing up contracts, trust and commission agreements and
other documents necessary for implementing business operations and other
commercial activities;
preparation of the packages of documents regulating foreign
trade operations and other activities;
preparing analytical information on the market conditions
for particular goods, information on the levels of world and domestic
prices, and on the reliability Russian and foreign partners;
assignment of TN VED codes to the goods and services;
preparation of the materials designed to give reasons why
the export earnings do not come on a full scale and timely basis as well as why
there may be a delay in the coming of the goods which are to arrive under the
contracts or on the barter basis;
drawing up documents to apply to the CBR and the Russian
Trade Ministry to get permission for a delay in payment for the exported goods
and for a delay in arrival of the imported goods;
assistance in the search for business partners in Russia
and abroad;
providing other kind of services that relate to the foreign
trade activity.
5. "Investment
Opportunities in Russia" - http://www.ivr.ru/english/about.shtml
Thousands of Russian investment projects forwarded annually to the world
community contained, as a rule, merely business ideas. But only few of the
projects were in correspondence with international business practices. Then many
investors came to realize that, as concerns Russia, there were fundamentally
different approaches to interpreting certain economic concepts. The phrase
"we need an investor" might mean the enterprise needed a bank loan or
state financial support, and the enterprise's shares would not be necessarily
offered. This often resulted in failure of multiple attempts to find a
transaction in Russia that would respond the demands of professional investors.
The Internet site "Investment Opportunities in Russia" - created with
the support of the Russian Federal Commission for Securities Market - was meant
to contribute to the solution of the above problems. "Investment
Opportunities in Russia" is not a show-case of some kind, but a complex
system of organizational and technical measures to promote investments into the
real sector of Russian economy. This provides for the following:
To prepare enterprises for interaction with investors:
to give intensive training in financial and investment
analysis, marketing, and corporate planning to the enterprises' managers;
to give professional support in business plans development
and other investment documents composition;
to examine investment projects;
to assist the enterprises in implementing reforms and
restructuring.
To give professional assessment of business.
To interpret financial information about the enterprises in
accordance with the IAS.
To carry out management and legal consultations.
To ensure professional support in negotiations between the
enterprises and potential investors.
By visiting the "Investment Opportunities in
Russia", you will find the following information:
The latest news and most important events in Russian
economy.
Investment opportunities and business plans of investment
projects worked out in accordance with international standards and classified by
regions, industries, capacities, and ways of financing.
A database of business ideas and investment opportunities
in brief.
References to state institutions, enterprises, and
organizations that play key roles in investment processes in Russia.
The Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation and the
Russian Federal Commission for Securities Market agreed upon joining their
efforts and creating a Unified state system installed in the Internet network
for investment opportunities promotion. This is the "Investment
Opportunities in Russia": www.ivr.ru
6. "INVESTMENT
PROJECTS" - http://www.investproject.ru/eng/
This Web-site was created with the purpose to organize an
integrated information environment for those who want to attract the investments
(investment projects)
and for those who look for interesting projects for financing (investors).
Here you can find self-filling data bases on investors, investment projects and
consultants. "Exits"
page is for those who are planning to sell or buy business or share in business.
"INVESTMENT
PROJECTS" is a completely open information resource dedicated to direct
investments in Russia. The initiative of its creation belongs to Oleg G.
Dyachenko and a group of his colleagues (about
us).
Declaration of
principles
The creators of the site declare the following principles:
The information about the projects concerning prohibited
activities (arms, drugs, pornography etc.) is not to be kept
7.
“InvestmentRUSSIA” - http://www.investmentrussia.com/eng/about/mission.htm
Mission:
To contribute to the creation of a favorable investment
climate in the real sector of the Russian economy.
Objective:
To promote information about investment opportunities in
Russia to potential Russian and foreign investors via an online database of
investment projects.
Project Tasks:
To allow potential investors to retrieve Russian investment
projects from the database.
To provide profound online information on applicable
investment-related federal and regional legislation.
To help Russian enterprises to prepare their investment
offers by providing them theoretical and practical recommendations and
specialized links.
To provide advice on preparing a business-plan and
investment offers.
The Database
investmentRUSSIA.com covers most of
the Russian Federation. It accumulates brief and standardized information about
Russian companies and public institutions seeking outside investments.
Information about each entity includes a general
description of the business, yearly financial statements, and detailed
descriptions of every investment requirement of the entity.
Companies can enter and modify information about themselves
through this web site, while the Site moderators will decide upon its
publication, depending upon the relevance of such information to the subject of
the site.
The database is hosted and maintained by the Nizhniy
Novgorod Currency and Stock Exchange (NNX), but all information contained in it
is not property of any particular organization.
And, most important, partners of the project have the goal
to inform both local companies and foreign investors in all possible aspects of
investing in Russia. Investment consultant section provides the opportunity to
study relevant Federal legislation and regional legislation, and to become aware
of the latest news in the field of investment.
8. “SIORA” -
http://www.russianbusinesssite.com/about_siora/use.asp
SIORA is mostly efficient in business contacting. Representative agents in most Russian regions
make it possible for us to provide mutually beneficial cooperation not only with
Moscow and St.Petersburg businessmen but with representatives of all regional
markets.
Use SIORA as a
source of market information. We conduct regular market researches and have
great experience in assessment of different regional and sector markets.
SIORA
Network
SIORA
supporting SME
SIORA
market places
SIORA started in 1997
with the assistance of Russian Government and European Union. SIORA unites non
governmental and commercial agencies for entrepreneurial activity support in the
whole territory of Russian Federation. In 2001 SIORA united more than 50
regional agencies in 53 Russian regions. SIORA is managed by the Russian
Agency of SME support
SIORA combines:
Network
- SIORA unites non governmental and commercial agencies
involved into the infrastructure of business support at the whole territory of
Russian Federation
Business
- SIORA members are representatives of the Russian business
community acting at regional and sector markets who are interested in
cooperation with international entrepreneurs
Service - SIORA's profile is not only information
provision but mostly business services and goods supply
Information
- Hot and exclusive news on entrepreneurial sector of Russian
economy, information on different markets (regional, sector, etc.), about Russia
and Russian regions
Communication
- One of the most important tasks of the Network is to provide
effective communication traffic among the participants of the market - so SIORA
offers many ways of communications in Internet as well as in real world.
SIORA may be used as your agent in Russia with a wide range
of services dealing with business consulting, establishment of your own business
in Russia, business tourism and stay in Russia, business partnership in regions,
etc.
Business
services
Business partnership and cooperation in Russia,
establishment of your business in Russia, exhibitions, business contacts in
regions, etc.
Legal
services
SIORA provides you with all the necessary legal services
for making business in Russia and with Russian companies
Business
planning and marketing
SIORA provides you with all services in business planning
and marketing research necessary for doing business in Russia and with Russian
companies
Travel
services
SIORA offers tours and voyages to all Russian regions and
guarantees a comfortable and safe trip following all your requirements
Choose
SIORA for doing your business in Russia and our 7 years' experience in
establishing business contacts
will be at your disposal
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search
Business partnership and cooperation in Russia, business
contacts
Business
meetings
Your potential business partner in Russian regions,
organization of business contacts in regions
Participation
in exhibitions
Exhibitions in Russia: visit, participation, arrangements,
reviews
Your
company in Russia
Registration of your representative office, branch or a
company in Russia gives substantial tax advantages. We will assist you to
register your company in Russia
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We create and design web sites of various types and
complexity. Interface of your company in Russia, Internet support in Russia, web
site promotion
Business
trips
Visa provision, registration support, hotel reservation,
ticket reservation, transportation, guide/interpreter, leisure and sightseeing,
VIP service in airports
We grant discounts for the whole range of services to our
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As soon we receive your request our experts will contact you to discuss the
details.
9. “RSoft, Ltd”
- http://www.rsoft.ru/english/ -
offers comprehensive business services
Profile and activity of Rsoft, Ltd.
Our information services are directed to making a business
decision, e.g. about advisability of working with either partner, investment
into either company estimation, market and competitory estimation.
Our activity is concentrated on the
following products and services:
Business information about companies with different directions of activity:
information reports;
Information (fixed fields) on the companies in mostly interesting branches of
activity: profiles of the companies of cellulose-paper industry, emit tents of
Russian securities, companies of mine-extracting and processing industry of
North-West region of Russia, joint-stock commercial banks of Russia;
Marketing researches and inquires on companies;
Information systems: license programs, digital catalogues, books, training aids;
Privatization advance information: settled auctions, trades, vacancies ,their
results;
Investment projects of companies of mine-extracting and processing industry of
North-West region of Russia;
Information of State Customs Committee of Russian Federation and customs of
North-West Region of Russia: Orders, Resolutions, Telegrams;
Advertising and information placement in expo- catalogues and
business-directories of Russian Federation and another advertisement devices.
Direct - mail
Searching and selection of information, does not included in services, listed
above.
Moreover, RSoft, Ltd. is a member of Association "VneshServis", our
partners can offer:
Customs services, computer systems for automatic State Customs Documents
filling, Customs warehouses and temporary warehouses documents keeping, and also
registration of customs documentation and keeping of external economical
activity;
Juridical consultation, consultation on tax and economical legislation;
Services on book-keeping formation, keeping, reconstruction;
Auditing, citizen and companies representation in disputes of business field,
economics and finances.
Advertisement and analytic information about our company You can see in business
directories, expo-catalogues "Advert and Information" in
Saint-Petersburg, in different information issues (teleconferences) of global
area networks (e.g. RELCOM: relcom.commerc.infoserv), in the Saint-Petersburg
press (e.g. "Delovoy Peterburg" ("Business Petersburg")), in
information bulletins (e.g. "Monthly review of bank services in
Saint-Petersburg").
Accumulated working experience and contract relationships with state
organizations (such as set of Property Funds of Russia, Central Bank of Russia),
realization of a set of independent information projects made RSoft, Ltd.
well-known, as company, working on information market and as a marketing
company. Our activity in this branch is directed to the decreasing of deals'
risk, searching of business partners and new markets etc. During a few years of
our activity, we showed ourselves as reliable and able to
Beside this, we have representatives and partners for gathering information
practically in all economically developed regions of Russia and in a set of
other countries.
Our services and products are spreading: through Saint-Petersburg shops, dealers
and partners in Russia, in form of one-time requests and subscription services,
through press, Saint-Petersburg service "fax-information "OK-FAX-SPRAVKA"",
own issues from library of global area networks (e.g. RATEINFO, ROSNET, RELCOM
), in form of data bases and digital directories, through Business Information
Server of RSoft, Ltd. The kernel of this server is on-line data base on
companies (Russian) of all forms of property.
RSoft Ltd. offers information reports about companies, markets and legislation
from open and reliable sources (mostly from state organizations), which has a
long positive business relationships with us, ion particular: Property Fund of
Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region, Central Bank of Russia.
Our services depends on individual approaches, professionalism, reliable data,
high speed of working and flexible discount systems.
Information-program products spreads by set of dealers in Saint-Petersburg (e.g.
"Sankt-Peterburgsky Dom Knygy" - "Saint-Petersbugr
Book-House" ,"Voennaya Kniga" - "Military Book",
Computer-center "KEY", "MICROBIT" company), demo-versions
You can get at ftp://ftp.rsoft.ru
10. “Russian
Observer” -http://www.russianobserver.com/services/about.html
The Russian Observer gives full, authentic and objective
news coverage of events in Russia’s foreign and domestic policy, its
economics, social institutions and regional situation. Thanks to its unique
possibilities, the Strana.Ru national news service covers the activities of
Russian authorities by using exclusive first-hand information. Please note that
the Russian Observer is an independent publication which carries only original
English-language articles.
11. “Moscow
International Business Association” (MIBA) - http://www.mibas.ru/indexe.htm
Moscow
International Business Association (MIBA) provides to its 140 members from all
continents urgent information on Moscow as a city with stable conditions for
investment and business, and also studies possibilities and needs of Russian
regions.
Industry
New
technologies
Transports
Communication
Civil
engineering and reconstruction
Development
of public utilities
Environmental
protection
The Master Register of
investment programs and projects has been created to attract investors into
development of industry, transport, and communication, implementation of new
technologies, development of stock exchange and financial markets which, in its
turn, will facilitate job-places increase and implementation of the Moscow City
Government program aimed at social and economic development of the city for the
period of 2000-2005, ensure main indexes introduced into the General Layout of
Moscow up to the year of 2020.
At present, one of the top-priority tasks for the city is maintenance and
development on due level of such municipal utilities as transport,
communication, and industrial production.
For example, such traditional types of passenger transports for city itself and
its suburbs are not currently in the position to ensure effective transportation
of constantly increasing passenger flows with the required quality transport
service. The transport problem could be fully solved only at the account of
using new high-speed vehicles which meet modern requirements in respect of
comfort, ecology, power consumption, economy, as well as their integration with
the development of conventional types of transport.
Large capital investments are required to carry out design, scientific-research
and pilot-designing works as well as creation and probation of rolling stocks,
renovation of passenger car fleet, construction of pilot areas and highways, new
lines of metro, garages, gasoline and car washing stations, other car service
objects, special monitoring devices, new pavilions at the stops for municipal
transport passengers. The municipal budget funds can not cover all expenses for
the above projects. Attraction of external investments is of a vital necessity.
Also, one of the main targets for the municipal program is to provide
accessibility for mail and telecommunication services to all physical and legal
entities, to maintain working sustainability of the mail network and its
management and to ensure uniform application of standards as well as other
technical and economical requirements used in communication.
In order to ensure stable operation
of communication enterprises, it is required to upgrade the existing equipment
and purchase new one, such as machines and mechanisms directly involved in the
process of transfer and supply of information to the end-users, not withstanding
the way of transfer or supply (electrical or mechanical) thereof, including
computerized facilities; construction of cable and overhead lines, communication
units, radio relay lines, antenna units of all kinds and purposes; power supply
facilities, as well as to have in stock the back-up and auxiliary equipment and
structures in order to ensure reliable communication. All of the above also
requires large investment funds.
High-effective capital inflow is required from private investors, and, first of
all, from large corporate capital. The credit policy has been developed with the
target to set up conditions suitable for re-channeling of the financing
resources from the financial sector to the industrial one as well as to increase
the actual crediting of the production process.
Considerable amount of the financing funds dedicated to carry out the industrial
policy derives from the securities market. The funding volume of the market to
be attracted by industry is determined, to the great extent, by means of
attracting large stock packages into the fund turnover which are being sold at
the auctions and tenders. It is strongly recommended to develop the market with
the aim to increase the share of the long-time investment oriented tools. First
of all, it concerns stocks and bonds of the privatized industrial enterprises.
The Master Register covers more than 200 projects for all the mentioned areas.
The Master Register has been developed by means of sending requests to
departments, committees and institutions of Moscow Government, prefectures,
administrative districts in order to obtain from them information on municipal
utilities (investment projects on municipal utilities) which are not supported
financially by the municipal sources. The Master Register is also based on the
summarized information obtained from the above mentioned municipal subdivisions.
A special form of the Master Register to be filled in has been sent out to the
municipal authorities together with an accompanying letter and instructions
explaining how to fill in that form.
The Register consists of the following chapters: "Industry", "New
technologies", "Transport", "Communication",
"Construction and re-construction", "Development of public
utilities", " Environmental protection".
While compiling the form of the Master Register, the previous experience on
attracting investors into financing municipal utilities has been taken into
account.
12.
“INTERSOLARCENTER” - http://www.intersolar.ru/projects_e.shtml
Solar Energy Center INTERSOLARCENTER is Russian Regional
Center for Renewable Energy Application.
Brief information about organization:
Non-commercial public organization - "INTERSOLARCENTER"
- was organized in 1994 with support of Ministry of Science and Technologies
(now Ministry of Industry and Technologies), Ministry of Energy of Russian
Federation (RF), and Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (RAAS).
Highlights
Main objective:
is integration of intellectual and financial resources in
Russia for solving of problems of renewable energy (RE) application,
establishing contacts with UNESCO, European Commission (EC) and other
international organizations for development and realization of RE projects. To
achieve these objectives, Intersolarcenter relies on groups of scientist, design
bureaus and industrial firms that work in the field of RE application
Main activities:
Providing information and training on renewable energy
sources.
Providing information and consultancy on renewable energies
for the political decision-makers on a local, regional, national and
international level.
Publishing information material (brochures, didactic
material, manuals, etc.) on renewable energy sources.
Encouraging studies on the economics, techniques and
feasibility in the field of renewable energy sources.
Cooperation with international renewable energy
organizations.
Elaborating and implementing RE projects in Russia
Organizing national and international RE conferences etc.
Intersolarcenter was one of the initiators of creating of
Scientific-technical Advisory Board on RE in Ministry of Industry and Science of
Russian Federation and is a Secretariat of this Board.
The RE Advisory Board is headed by vice-prime Minister,
Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Mr. I. Klebanov, 4 vice-presidents
of Intersolarcenter – Dr. V.Dobrokhotov, Dr. A.Pinov, Dr. D. Strebkov and Dr.
J. Zinchenko - are members of the Advisory Board.
Intersolarcenter also has close contacts in Ministry of
Energy (with vice-Minister A. Yanovski).
Ongoing projects:
Organization of large-scale production of PV cells, modules
and systems with annual capacity 5 MW. Partners – Design Bureau of plan
“Krasnoe Znamya”, Ryazan and Solar Wind Co., Krasnodar
Elaboration of clean chlorine –free technology of
production of pure silicon for solar and electronic industry
Electrification of remote objects in North of Russia basing
on small wind-diesel systems. Partners – NREL, USA and local administrations -
in-country partner for USAID/Moscow project named the FOREST project (Forestry
Resources and Technologies) of Winrock International.
Partner for project on installation of small and micro
hydro stations in Russia. Partner – MNTO INSET, S.Petersburg
Verhkne-Mutnovskaya Geothermal station, Kamchatka. One of
the project participants.
Main contractor for UNESCO project on creation of mobile
power station for Natural Reserves.
Since 2000 Intersolarcenter is Associated Member of EC
Organization for Promotion of Energy Technologies (OPET-CIS). OPET-CIS
representations are in 4 CIS countries (Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Kirgizia).
13. “THE
RUSSIAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION” (RMA)
http://www.ram.ru/
The Russian
Marketing Association was founded in 1995 under the initiative of the leading
Russian industrial, financial, research and consulting companies, higher
educational institutions. RMA is authorized by the Government of the Russian
Federation to use national symbols and represent Russia in international
organizations.
The Association unites 150 members
from 45 regions of Russia. The members of the Association are the major
industrial companies (LUKOil, YUKOS, AVTOVAZ), banking and financial structures
(VneshEconomBank, Troyka-Dialogue, NIKOil), scientific and research
organizations ("Public opinion" Fund, All-Russian Research Center of
Public Opinion), auditing and consulting firms, higher educational institutions
and regional administrations.
The main tasks of the Russian
Marketing Association are:
·
To support development of financial, commodity and labor markets
in the country;
·
To maintain governmental bodies in working out socio-economic
policy based on usage of marketing instruments;
·
To assist in development of the system of training marketing
personnel;
·
To assist in organizing regional centers of marketing;
·
To develop international relations in the sphere of marketing for
the purpose of drawing investments into Russian economy, to coordinate marketing
researches and training of personnel at international level.
The most important work of the
Association is development of the All-Russian Marketing System (OMS), based on
regular economic investigations of major and medium-size enterprises in the most
dynamic and attractive what concerns investments regions of Russia. RMA keeps
data of more than 1100 enterprises of the country.
Based on OMS the Association
coordinates marketing, financial, investment projects. For the last few years
under RAMs assistance orders for marketing projects were fulfilled for major
oil, car assembly, telecommunication companies.
RMA fields of actions include
holding of regular seminars, briefings, at which problems of marketing in
Russia, cooperation between Russian and foreign companies are discussed.
Annually RMA carries out international conference «Marketing in Russia» and
competition for the best marketing strategy.
RMA Board of Directors: president
- Ivanov D.S.; first vice-president - Norov E.R., Development director of
VneshEconomBank; vice-president - Oslon A.A., President of "Public
opinion" Fund; executive director - Shushakov I.A.
Programs of RMA for foreign businessmen in 2001:
As
RMA develops its relations with foreign companies it can provide to them the
following services:
·
Organize marketing research for foreign businessmen in preparation
for their visits to Russia, inform Russian businessmen about potential suppliers
or investors from abroad, organize business talks;
·
Inform foreign businessmen about Russian companies interested in
investments and cooperation, make analysis of marketing parts of feasibility
studies of local companies;
·
Inform foreign businessmen about the results of economic
investigation of Russian companies, their demand for investments and readiness
for dialogue with investors, assess demand in goods and services for production
purposes;
·
Assist foreign businessmen in establishing relations with members
of Association and participants of OMS (1250 companies in 45 regions of Russia).
RMA is open for membership to foreign companies and
institutions.
109028, Moscow, B. Trekhsvyatitelsky pereulok, 2
Tel.:(095) 231-70-77, 231-70-80, 231-70-81; Fax: (095)
231-70-66
E-mail:info@ram.ru
“Russian
Marketing Information System” http://www.ram.ru/eng/rmis.html
The data contained in RMIS allows:
estimation of demand for marketing services of
nationally-significant commodity producers, operators of financial and labor
markets, regional authorities in the territorial and trade aspects;
estimation of demand of Russian companies for domestic and
foreign investments, including the estimation of the companies' capacities for
investments (the availability of a business plan based on marketing, etc.);
estimation of possibilities to meet the effective
demand of commodity producers, operators of financial and labor markets for
marketing services of Russian and foreign consulting companies, universities and
institutes.
Russian Marketing Association
also develops the data base comprising information on:
volumes of blocks of shares of privatized enterprises;
terms and conditions of their upcoming sales in different
industry branches and regions;
secondary & following additional issues of securities by
nationally-significant issuers;
financial statement of enterprises of different ownership
forms;
current & upcoming issues of new state securities at the
all-Russian and regional levels (municipal bonds), etc.
The information is partially provided by Governmental
organizations with which Russian Marketing Association entered into Cooperation
and Information Exchange Agreements. Among them there are RF Ministry of State
Property, Federal Securities and Stock Market Commission, Russian Federal
Property Fund, RF Ministry of Economy, Federal Board on Bankruptcy.
Investment Projects
Choose an activity of your interest
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14. “Investment
Guide to Russia” - http://www.fipc.ru/fipc/
This site has several investment opportunities proposed by
regions' administrations. They are placed in regions sub directories. Click the
button below to see the list of all the items of such kind.
Investment
projects packages from regions' administrations
Recently we have launched a new interactive database
on investment projects. Regional administrations, investment
promotion agencies and enterprises can provide their own information.
Please contact our administration
if you wish to become a project supplier
If you are a registered user you have an ability to
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Catalogue
of the ALTAI interprises investment proposals
Catalogue
of investment proposals in SARATOV region
ASTRAKHAN
region investment offers
CHELYABINSK
Region Investment Opportunities
Investment
projects in MORDOVIA Republic
TOMSK
Region Investment Passport
Promradtekhbank
projects
Links
to pages with investment offers (on Servers of Regional Administrations)
15.
"Andersen Russia" http://www.andersen.com/website.nsf/content/AsiaPacificRussia!OpenDocument
Moscow,
February 19, 2002.
Andersen is among the 20 most admired companies in Russia
Leading Russian business weekly, Expert, ranked
Andersen fourteenth among the 106 most admired companies in Russia. Expert also
rated Andersen among the 20 fastest growing companies in Russia between 1997 and
2001. This rating is based on a public survey carried out by Expert magazine in
15 large Russian cities. Expert’s rating is based on the following criteria:
quality of product; management qualifications; success in the Russian market;
industry leadership; international market success; and investments in company
development.
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