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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsCustomsCornerPublicationsSourcesof FinanceFinanceLinkLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | November 1998U.S. business travelers to the Russian Far East can participate in sessions of international
business associations established in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.   The
main goal of these groups is to create an open business environment and foster business
liaisons between local and foreign businesses. No membership fees are charged to occasional
visitors.Vladivostok International Business Association (VIBA)
Time:          3rd Thursday of each month, 5:00 p.m.
Language: English
Fee:      US$15 per year
            Contact:     Irina Konstantinova, Commercial Assistant, Commercial
Service-Vladivostok
          Tel: + 7 (4232) 300-093 
          Fax: + 7 (4232) 300-092
          E-mail: [email protected]Khabarovsk Investment Round Table 
Time:          1st Wednesday of each month, 1:00 p.m.
Language:      Russian
Fee:      Pay for own lunch at meeting
Contact:       Marina Petrova, Coordinator
          Citizens' Democracy Corps (CDC)
          Tel: + 7 (4212) 236-538, 236-067
          Fax: + 7 (4212) 236-538
          E-mail: [email protected]Sakhalin International Business Association
Time:               No permanent time and date set up yet
Language: English
Fee:      None
Contact:       Kristy Hopper, Coordinator 
          FESCO Intermodel Sakhalin
          Tel/Fax: + 7 (4242) 727-173   
          E-mail: [email protected]This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)