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COVER STORY: TNK-BP AN
INSIDE LOOK

TNKBP: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL DEAL
Exclusive interview with Bob Dudley, Group Vice President, BP, and proposed
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ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Chairman of the Board, AFK Sistema
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Ben Aris
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INVESTMENT CLIMATE

THE GROWING RUSSIAN MARKET – PERSPECTIVES FOR WESTERN INVESTORS
Dr. Uwe Kumm, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Member of the Management Committee, Central and Eastern Europe
“SUAL IS A QUALITY COMPANY”
Interview with Chris Norval, President, SUAL Holding
COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE FOR RUSSIA’S EMERGING CORPORATES: WHO WILL WIN THE "SECOND WAVE" OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT?
Dmitry Zelenin, President, Russian Managers Association
PETER HAMBRO MINING
Interview with Peter Hambro, Chairman and Chief Executive, Peter Hambro Mining plc
EUROPEAN MISSION
Irene Commeau, Managing Director, the European Business Club in the Russian Federation
A NEW FLAVOUR TO THE RUSSIAN MARKET
Interview with David IakobachviliChairman, Wimm-Bill-Dann
HIGHLIGHTING SUCCESS: TWO RUSSIAN COMPANIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Marina Kagan, Partner, Shared Value
RUSSIA: IMPROVING INVESTMENT CLIMATE
Natasha Page, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings, Moscow
THE COURT OF ARBITRATORS IN RUSSIA
Interview with Boris Titov, Vice-President, Chairman of the Business Ethics Committee, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
THE NEVERENDING QUESTION: WHY SO LITTLE FDI IN RUSSIA?
Peter Koelle, Chairman of the Board, IMB, Managing Director CIS, HVB Group
TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU NEED TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD
Interview with Yuri Rovenskiy, Director General, RBC
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Ben Aris
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POLITICAL DIMENSION

“MANAGED DEMOCRACY ALWAYS LEADS TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION”
Interview with Boris Nemtsov, Member of the State Duma and Leader of the Union of Rightist Forces
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BANKING

RUSSIA’S BANKS GET REAL
Ben Aris
TRUST INVESTMENT BANK - SELLING A CHANGE
Ben Aris
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ENERGY

LUKOIL: PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR ONE OF RUSSIA’S OIL GIANTS
Pavel Bogomolov, correspondent in the UK, “Oil of Russia” Magazine
RUSSIAN ELECTRICITY TODAY
Anatoly Chubais, Chief Executive Officer, RAO Unified Energy System of Russia
GAS MARKET REFORM: IN WHOSE INTEREST?
Interview with Farkhad Akhmedov, President, Northgas
A $6.75BN VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
David Vigar
THE EU-RUSSIA ENERGY DIALOGUE
Charles Grant and Katinka Barysch,, Centre for European Reform
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FINANCIAL MARKETS

FIXED INCOME TAKES OFF
Ben Aris
RUSSIAN EQUITIES: BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TROUBLE OR DOUBLE?
Ben Aris
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SMEs

FOR EVERY YUKOS PLC THERE ARE NINETY NINE "SERGEI ENTERPRISES"
Ian Woodcock, Founder of Flintstone Technologies plc
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REAL ESTATE

HOSPITALITY BUSINESS IS GAINING MOMENTUM
Alexander Udalov, President of the Universal Management and Consulting Company (UMACO)
GOING EAST?
Yulia Nikulicheva, Senior Research Analyst, Jones Lang LaSalle Moscow
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RUSSIA AND THE WTO

THE DOOR IS OPENING, BUT WILL RUSSIA BE READY?
Alexandre Kotcherguine, Executive Director, International Business Development, MDM Financial Group
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CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RUSSIA
Robert Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ITS ROLE IN RAISING CAPITALISATION
Olga Vysotskaya, Partner, Head of Management Assurance Services, KPMG Russia & CIS
CLEANING UP THE PATH FOR INVESTORS
Igor Yurgens, Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
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INSURANCE

RUSSIA’S INSURANCE SECTOR – STRONG GROWTH, BUT AVOID THE STATISTICAL PITFALLS
Ilan Rubin and Margot Jacobs, United Financial Group
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

THE TELECOMS REFORM THAT NO ONE NOTICED
Eric Kraus, Sovlink
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RUSSIAN ECONOMIC FORUM
2003

NEW THEMES AND NEW FACES FOR 2003
Simon Joseph, Director, Russian Economic Forum
SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
Anatoly Chubays, Chief Executive Officer RAO Unified Energy System of Russia; William F. Browder
, Chief Executive Officer, Hermitage Capital Management; Vladimir Rashevsky, Chief Executive Officer, MDM Financial Group; Gregory Berezkin
, Chief Executive Officer, ESN Group
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