What do all these people have in common?

EDITORIAL FOREWORD
Jonti Small, Managing Editor

Nikolai Tsvetkov, President, Uralsib Financial Corporation, outlines how the corporation is developing its retail network and is focused on fast growing enterprises

“A RADICAL CHANGE OF BUSINESS MODEL”
Valery Okulov, General Director, Aeroflot

THE RUSSIAN FINANCIAL MARKET WOULD NOT BE THE SAME
Charles Ryan, CEO, United Financial Group

A 15 YEAR COMMITMENT TO THE REGION
Michael Calvey, Co-managing Partner, Baring Vostok Capital Partners

FEW GUIDELINES AND RULES
Lou Naumovski, Head of Strategy, Business Planning and Execution,VISA International

PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY
Andrei Bougrov, Member of the Board of Directors, Interros Holding Company

THE CAMARADERIE
Tom Adshead, Head of Research, IFK Metropol

NOT A FAIR-WEATHER FRIEND
John Kur, Minister-Counsellor, The Embassy of Canada, Moscow, Russia

A SENSE OF ADVENTURE
Guy de Selliers, Chairman, HB Advisors

A BRIDGE TO CAPITAL MARKETS
Aziz Musakhanov, Partner, Meridian Moscow

“ONE NEEDED TO BE INNOVATIVE”
Andrey Saveliev, Group CEO, MDM Financial Group

A NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Istvan Ipper, Deputy Director & Group Portfolio Manager, EBR

Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP, describes how Russia is important to his company’s global strategy and why it is only a matter of time before Russian companies establish international positions

HOW RUSSIAN COMPANIES SELL THEMSELVES IN THE WEST
Juliana Slascheva, President, Mikhailov & Partners

“A PERFECT DEMOCRACY FOR THE INFORMED”
Derk Sauer, CEO, Independent Media

THE IPO BOOM
Tom Blackwell, Vice President and Deputy Managing Director, The PBN Company

THE RECRUITMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Andrea Wine, Senior Partner, KBS Associates Ltd., Amrop Hever Group Russia

At the end of a record year for Russian IPOs, Oleg Vyugin, Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service, reflects on the development of the markets in Russia today

WHAT RUSSIA GAINS FROM THE G8 PRESIDENCY
Svetlana Babayeva, London Bureau Chief, RIA-Novosti

“FIRST WE HAVE TO CHANGE MINDS”
Larissa Zelkova, Director General, The Vladimir Potanin Charity Fund

THE BENEFITS OF CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Eugene K. Lawson, President, U.S.-Russia Business Council

THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL EXPERTISE
Richard Waryn, Fund Manager, Russia New Growth Fund, Temasek

MAKING RUSSIA PART OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Alexander Kandel, CEO, Aton Capital

SETTING THE STANDARD IN INSURANCE
Igor Ignatiev, Vice President, Rosgosstrakh

RUSSIAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION
David Goldberg, Co-Head of International Arbitration Group, SJ Berwin LLP, and Julia Zagonek, solicitor, International Arbitration Group, SJ Berwin

THE OYSTER SLAMS SHUT
The long view on economic growth

CONSOLIDATION OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY
Dmitry Gimmelberg, Vice-President, Finance & Business Development, Ritzio Entertainment Group

GREED V FEAR
Volodymyr Berzruchenko

A NEW KIND OF DIALOGUE
Alexei Panferov, Head of Investment Banking and Financial Markets, MDM Bank

COMPETITION IN THE REGIONS
Kendrick White, Managing Principal, Marchmont Capital Partners

BUSINESS ENCHANTS YOU
Igor Zolotov, Director, Shar

THE CAPITALISATION OF THE ECONOMY
Eric Shogren, President, New York Pizza

PARTNERSHIP IS THE ONLY WAY
Andrey Fedeka, Managing Partner, NAIVesco

A RUSSIA-CHINA OIL PIPELINE
Steve Wardlaw, Executive Partner, and John Kuzmik, Partner, Baker Botts, analyse the prospects of a Russia-China oil pipeline

PSTRATEGIC DECISIONS ON DEVELOPMENT
Ian MacDonald, General Director, Caspian Pipeline Consortium

RUSSIA, OIL, & VENTURE CAPITAL
Thomas D. Nastas, President, Innovative Ventures Inc.