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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | June 1997BISNIS/U.S. Department of Commerce -- BISNIS has now added powerful search engines to
all the major sections of BISNIS Online, the BISNIS home page.  The search engines enable
BISNIS Online users to make more rapid use of the extensive information resources available at
this Internet website.  For more information, visit BISNIS Online at:
www.mac.doc.gov/bisnis/bisnis.html.European Bank for Reconstruction and Development   The European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to increase its syndicated loan to Gazprom from
$225 million to $300 million.  The loan will finance reconstruction of Gazprom's unified gas
supply and pipeline system.  Eighteen banks from 11 countries are participating in the loan, which
will fund a pipeline inspection program, improved metering at trunkline stations, mobile
compressor stations, and the replacement of block and control valves. The financing will also help
introduce key environmental instrumentation and management support, along with feasibility
studies to prepare for further reconstruction investments.  For more information, contact Dean
Peterson, U.S. Department of Commerce, Senior Commercial Officer at the EBRD, in London
at 011 44 (171) 338-6569 (voice), or  011 44 (171) 338-6487 (fax).SABIT/U.S. Department of Commerce   The Special American Business Training program
(SABIT) will conduct a new specialized group training program in the Fall of 1997 for managers
from the Russian Far East.  Targeted industry sectors for this program are energy/infrastructure,
extraction technologies (mining), fisheries, and transportation.  Up to 25 participants per session
will learn about legislation and policies that affect industry in the United States.  Participants will
visit U.S. companies on the West Coast and elsewhere to learn about American technologies,
management techniques, and business practices.  SABIT pays most costs associated with the
training.  For more information, contact SABIT at 202-482-0073, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
at 011 7 (095) 255-4848, or the American Consulate in Vladivostok at 011 7 (4232) 258-458.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)