**COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE--RUSSIANFEDERATION**

**FISCAL YEAR  2000**

 

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**XI.     USEFULCONTACTS**

 

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**APPENDIX E:  HOST-COUNTRY and U.S. CONTACT INFORMATION**

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**Russian Government Agencies****: **Followingis a listing of selected Russian government offices with responsibilities affectingbusiness.  This is not anexhaustive list, and companies seeking contact information for particularfederal or regional government offices not appearing here are encouraged tocontact the U.S. Commercial Service in Russia.  

 

A listing ofRussian Consulates in the United States is found in Chapter IX of thisreport.  

 

The countrycode for telephone and fax numbers in Russia is 7.  City area codes appear in parentheses.****

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**Ministry of Trade**

MikhailFradkov, Minister of Trade

18/1,Ovchinnikovskaya Nab., Moscow

Tel: (095)220-1064;  Fax: (095) 220-1684, 231-9220

 

**Ministry of Finance:**

MikhailBorisovich Kasyanov, Minister of Finance

UlitsaIlyinka 9, Entrance 1, Moscow

Tel: (095)298-9130; Fax: (095) 925-0889

 

**Ministry of Fuels and Energy:**

Viktor IvanovichKalyuzhny, Minister of Fuels and Energy

7,Kitaigorodskiy Proyezd, Moscow 103074

Tel: (095)220-4659; Fax: (095) 975-2045 (International Dept.)

 

**Ministry of Agriculture and Food:**

VladimirNikolaevich Shcherbak, Minister of Agriculture & Food 

Orlikov Pereulok,1/11, Moscow

Tel: (095)207-4243

Fax: (095)207-6437

 

**State Customs Committee:**

Mikhail V.Vanin, Chairman, State Customs Committee

1a,Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, Moscow 107842

Tel: (095)975-1918;  Fax:  (095) 975-4823

 

**State Committee for Communications(Goskomsvyaz)**

AlexanderIvanov, Chairman 

7, TverskayaUl., Moscow 103375 

Tel: (095)292-7144;  Fax:(095) 230-2097

 

**State Committee for Standardization,Metrology and Certification (GOSSTANDART):**

GennadyPetrovich Voronin, Chairman

9, LeninskiyProspekt, Moscow 117049

Tel: (095)236-6208, -4044;  Fax:  (095) 236-6231, 237-6032

 

**State Committee for Construction andHousing Policy (Gosstroi)**

AnvarShamukhamedovich Shamuzafarov, Chairman

GeorgySurenovich Markosov, Deputy Chairman

8, StroiteleyUl., Bldg. 2, Moscow, 117987

Tel: (095)930-1755; Fax: (095) 938-2202

 

**State Statistics Committee** (Russian official economic data)

Aleksandr D. Gulidov, Deputy Chairman 

39 Myasnitskaya Ul.

Moscow 103450, Russia

Tel: (095) 207-4676;  Fax: (095) 207-4891

 

**Russian Copyright Agency:**

Vladimir Nikolaevich Tverdovsky, Chairman of the Board; 

VadimSerafimovich Dunin, Head, Foreign Relations Department

6a, BolshayaBronnaya Ul., Moscow 103670

Tel: (095)203-2996, -4599;  Fax: (095) 200-1263

 

**Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks(Rospatent)**

Alexander Dmitrievich Korchagin, DirectorGeneral

30-1 Berezhkovskaya Nab., Moscow 121858,Russia

Tel. (095) 243-5509, 206-1809, 240-3295;Fax: (095)-243-3337

Internet site:www.rupto.ru

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**Selected Regional Governments**:

 

**Moscow City Administration:**

Iosif N.Ordzhonikidze, 

Deputy Mayorand Minister for External Relations

13 TverskayaUlitsa, 103032, Moscow

Tel: (095)229-6360;  Fax: (095) 883-6208 

 

**St. Petersburg City Administration:**

ValentinMakarov, Deputy Chmn., Cmte. for External Relations

1, Smolniy,St. Petersburg

Tel: (812)271-0767; Fax:  (812) 276-1633

 

**Leningrad Oblast**

SergeiNaryshkin, Chmn., Cmte. for External Economic Relations

SuvorovskyProspect, 67, St. Petersburg, 193311

Tel: (812)278-5587; Fax: (812) 274-5986

 

 

**Sverdlovsk Oblast Administration:**

IgorIvanovich Arzyakov, Dir., Foreign Relations Department

1,Oktyabrskaya Ploshchad, Yekaterinburg 620031

Tel: (3432)51-54-97, 58-96-56; Fax: (3432) 51-98-70

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**Yekaterinburg City Administration:**

Vladimir I.Lomovtzev, Dir., Foreign Relations Department

1,Oktyabrskaya Ploshchad, Yekaterinburg 620031

Tel: (3432)51-13-07, 51-43-83;  Fax: (3432) 51-90-05

                                          

**Primorskiy Territorial Administration:**

AndreyGennadyevich Zagumyonnov, Chairman

Committee forForeign Economic Relations and Regional Trade

  of the Dept. for Foreign EconomicRelations and Tourism

22Svetlanskaya ulitsa, 690110, Vladivostok

Tel: (4232)22-08-52;  Fax:  (4232) 22-10-19

 

**Khabarovsk Territorial Administration:**

Sergey I.Lopatin, Chief, Foreign Economic Relations Dept.

56 ul.K.Marksa,Khabarovsk

Tel/fax:(4212) 32-41-21

 

**Sakhalin Regional Administration:**

VitalyNikolaevich Elizariev, Director

Department ofForeign Economic Relations

32Kommunisticheskiy prospect, "Sakhincenter", office 236

693000 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk693000

Tel: (4242)72-74-94  

Fax: (4242)72-74-93;  International fax: 509-95-1236

 

 

**Contacts for Company Registration:**

 

RegistrationChamber of the Moscow City Administration

Branch,Registration of Foreign Companies

22,Pilyugina Street

Moscow117393

RoaldNesterevich Lebedinsky

Headof Branch Office

Tel:(095) 132-0500;  Fax: (095)202-2787

 

StateRegistration Chamber of the Russian Federation

3/5,Smolensky Bulvar

Moscow119835, Russian Federation

VitalyP. Seryogin, Chairman

Tel:(095) 246-8649, 246-3486;  E-mail:[email protected]

NikolaiNikolayevich Saveliev

Headof the Information Service

Tel/Fax:(095) 245-2090

 

Chamberof Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Departmentof Accreditation

SergeyBorisovich Kulyba, Senior Expert

6,llyinka Street, Office 104

Moscow103684

Tel:(095) 929-0260

Fax:(095) 929-0170

 

MoscowChamber of Commerce and Industry

YuryKotov, President

22Pilyugina Street

Moscow117393, Russian Federation

Tel:(095) 132-7396,132-7255

AlexanderOssadchy, Director for Foreign Economic Activities

Tel/fax:(095) 132-0047;  E-mail:[email protected]

AndreiGrigorievich Oreshin, Head, Accreditation & Visa Div.

Tel/Fax:(095) 132-7429;  Fax: (095)132-0029, 132-0047

 

Ministryof Trade of the Russian Federation

18/1,Ovchinnikovskaya Nab.

Moscow,Russia

VictorArkadievich Barkov, Head, Dept. of Protocol Service

Tel:(095) 950-1000

VladimirAnatolievich Volkov, Expert (for U.S. firms)

Tel:(095) 950-1620;  Fax: (095)950-9700

 

Ministryof Finance of the Russian Federation

9,llyinka Street, Moscow

AlexanderVladimirovich Denisov, Head, Foreign Relations Dept.

(Accreditationof banking, auditing firms)

Tel:(095) 298-9959;  Fax: (095)913-4311

 

CentralBank of Russia

SergeyVladimirovich Tatarinov, Dir., Foreign Relations Dept.

IgorOlegovich Shpotakovsky, Head, Accredited Office & Banks 

12Neglinnaya Street, Moscow

Fax:(095) 921-9147

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**State Duma****(Lower chamber of Parliament):**

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**--Cmte. on Budget, Taxes, Banking andFinance:**

Alexander DmitrievichZhukov, Chairman

1 OkhotnyRyad, Moscow

Tel: (095)292-3618; Fax: (095) 292-6016

 

**--Cmte. on Economic Policy**

VladimirIlyich Tikhonov, Chairman

1 OkhotnyRyad, Moscow

Tel: (095)292-4260;  Fax: (095) 292-4322

 

**--Cmte. on Industry, Construction, Transportand Energy:**

VladimirKuzmich Gusev, Chairman

1 OkhotnyRyad, Moscow

Tel: (095)292-0498; Fax: (095) 292-3763

 

**Trade Associations/Chambers of Commercein Russia**:

 

**American Chamber of Commerce in Russia(Amcham)**

Scott M.Blacklin, President

KosmodamianskayaNab. 52, Building 1, 8th floor, Moscow 

Tel: (095)961-2141; Fax: (095) 961-2142

 

# American Chamber of Commerce inSt. Petersburg

SlavaBytchkov, Executive Director

25 NevskyProspect, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Tel: (812)326-2590; Fax: (812) 326-2591

 

# St. Petersburg InternationalBusiness Association

NataliaKudryavtseva, Executive Director

36Shpalernaya ul., 3rd floor, St. Petersburg, 191123

Tel: (812)325-9091; Fax: (812) 279-9789

 

# St. Petersburg Chamber ofCommerce and Industry

Alexey Ostapchuk,Deputy President

46-48, Ul.Tchaikovskogo, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191194

Tel: (812)279-0607; Fax: (812) 272-8612

 

**Vladivostok International BusinessAssociation****(VIBA)**

c/o U.S. andForeign Commercial Service, Vladivostok

32 PushkinStreet, Vladivostok, Russia 690000

Tel: (4232)300-093; Fax: (4232) 300-092

e-mail:[email protected]

 

**Council for Trade and EconomicCooperation (CIS-USA)**

BorisPetrovich Alekseyev, President

3,Naberezhnaya Shevchenko, Moscow 121248

Tel: (095)243-5514, -5470; Fax: (095) 230-2467

 

**Russian Chamber of Commerce andIndustry**

StanislavAlekseyevich Smirnov, President;

YuriyNikolayevich Denissenkov, Head, 

Sergey B.Kulyba, Expert on Accreditation, Protocol Department

6, IlyinkaUl., Moscow 103684

Tel: (095)929-02-86,-60,-61,-62,-63;  Fax:(095) 929-0356

 

# Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Eduard K.Rodkin, Director

22Academician Pilyugin Street, Moscow 117393

Tel: (095)132-0047;  Fax: (095) 132-0029

e-mail: [email protected]

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**U.S. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL HANDLINGBUSINESS ISSUES IN RUSSIA:**

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Contacts for the United StatesCommercial Service offices in Russia are found at the conclusion of Chapter IXof this report.  Otherpotentially-useful contacts follow below:

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**U.S. Embassy in Moscow:**

 

James F.Collins, United States Ambassador to Russia

NovinskyBulvar 19/23.

Tel: (095)252-2451;  Fax: (095) 956-4261

After-hours(emergencies): 

Tel:(095) 252-1898 or 255-5123.

 

--EdgarFulton, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs

UlitsaBolshaya Molchanovka 23/28, Moscow 121069

Tel: (095)737-5030;  Fax: (095) 737-5033

 

--MichaelMatera, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs

21, NovinskiyBulvar, Moscow 121099

Tel: (095)956-4220;  Fax: (095) 956-4146

 

--GeoffWiggin, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs

21, NovinskiyBulvar, Moscow 121099

Tel: (095)956 4103; (502) 221 1245

Fax: (095)975 2339; (502) 224 1356

 

--JamesWallar, Treasury Attache

21, NovinskiyBulvar, Moscow 121099

Tel: (095)956-4258; Fax: (095) 956-4146 

 

**U.S. Consulate-General - St. Petersburg    **

UlitsaFurshtadkskaya 15

Tel:(812) 275-1701;  Fax: (812) 110-7022

After-hoursemergencies:

Tel:(812) 274-8692 or 271-6455.

 

**U.S. Consulate-General - Vladivostok**

32 PushkinStreet

Tel:     (4232) 268-458 or 300-070;  

Fax: (4232)300-091 or 300-072

 

**U.S. Consulate-General - Yekaterinburg**  

15A UlitsaGogolya, 4th Floor

Tel:     (3432) 564-619 or564-691;  Fax: (3432) 564-515.

 

**Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)**

Dennis B.Cooper, Senior Representative

C/O AmericanEmbassy, Brussels

27 Boulevarddu Regent, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: 322 508-2700;  Fax: 322 230-06428

Tel: (095)956-4036; Fax: (095) 956-4293

 

 

 

**Washington-Based U.S. GovernmentContacts for Russia****:**

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**Business Information Service for theNew Independent States (BISNIS)**

Anne Grey,Director

U.S.Department of Commerce, Rm.7413, Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel: (202)482-4655; Fax: (202) 482-2293

 

**U.S. Department of Commerce -- MarketAccess and Compliance**

Russia andIndependent States Division

JackBrougher, Director 

U.S.Department of Commerce, Rm.3318, Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel: (202)482-3952;  Fax: (202) 482-3042

 

**U.S. Bureau of Export Administration**(Re: export controls)

ExportCounselling Division

U.S.Department of Commerce, Rm.3898, Washington, D.C.  20230

Tel:  (202) 482-4811;  Fax: (202) 482-3911

 

**U.S. Export-Import Bank**

David Fiore,Loan Officer

811 VermontAvenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20571-0999

Tel: (202)565-3815; Fax: (202) 565-3816

 

**Overseas Private Investment Corporation**

1100 New YorkAvenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20527

Tel: (202)336-8618; Fax: (202) 408-5145

 

**U.S. Trade and Development Agency**

Kelley AnnSzalkowski, Country Manager for Russia

U.S.Department of State, SA-16, Rm.301

Washington,D.C.  20523-1602

Tel: (703)875-4357;  Fax: (703) 875-4009

 

**U.S. Department of State, Office ofRussian Affairs**

2201 CStreet, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20520

Tel: (202)647-6747; Fax: (202) 736-4710

 

**U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment**

Office ofPrivatization and Economic Restructuring

Washington,D.C. 20523 

Tel: (202)736-4410

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**U.S. Department of Agriculture**

Russian AreaOfficer

14th St. andIndependence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C.  20250

Tel:  (202) 720-3080

 

**Special American Business InternshipTraining Program (SABIT)**

Liesel Duhon,Director

U.S.Department of Commerce, Rm.3006, Washington, D.C. 20230

Tel: (202)482-0073;  Fax: (202) 482-4098

 

 

 

**U.S.-Based Multipliers andInternational Organizations**

**with Interests in Russia****:**

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**U.S.-Russia Business Council**

Eugene K.Lawson, President  

1701Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 650, Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202)956-7670; Fax: (202) 956-7674

 

# American-Russian Chamber ofCommerce & Industry

HelenTeplitskaya, President

200 WorldTrade Center Chicago

2400Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654

Tel:(312)-494-6562;  Fax: (312)494-9840

 

**Russian-American Chamber of Commerce**

DeborahPalmieri, President

6200 SouthQuebec St., Suite 210, Englewood, CO 80111

Tel: (303)689-8642; Fax: (303) 689-8762

 

**Foundation for Russian-AmericanEconomic Cooperation**

CarolVipperman, President

1932 FirstAvenue, Suite 803, Seattle, WA 98101

Tel: (206)443-1935; Fax (206) 443-0954

 

**National Association of StateDepartments of Agriculture**

RichardKirchhoff, Executive Vice President

1156 15thStreet, N.W. Suite 1020, Washington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202)296-9680; Fax: (202) 296-9686

 

**The World Bank and**

**International Bank for Reconstructionand Development**

**U.S. Department of Commerce Liaison**

Eric Weaver,Senior Commercial Officer 

Janice Mazur,Commercial Liaison 

Office of the U.S.Executive Director

1818 H Street, NW,Washington, DC 20433

Tel: (202) 458-0120/0118/1954; Fax: (202) 477-2967

[email protected]  or  [email protected]

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**International Finance Corporation (IFC)**

MarkConstantine

1850 EyeStreet, NW, Washington, DC 20433

Tel: (202)473-9331; Fax: (202) 676-1513

MoscowOffice:  Roger Gale

6, NeglinnayaSt., Moscow

Tel: (095)928-5328;  Fax: (095) 927-6832

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**Office of Multilateral DevelopmentBanks,**

**   U.S.& Foreign Commercial Service**

U.S.Department of Commerce, Room H-1107 

Washington,D.C.  20230

Tel: (202)482-3399;   Fax: (202) 273-0927

 

**European Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment (EBRD)**

Gene Harris,U.S. Department of Commerce Liaison

Office of theU.S. Executive Director, EBRD

One ExchangeSquare, London EC2A 2EH, United Kingdom

Tel: 011-44-171-338-7532;   Fax: 011-44-171-338-6487

 

 

**XII.  MARKET RESEARCH****AND TRADE EVENTS**

 

## APPENDIX F:  MARKET RESEARCH REPORTS

 

**U.S. and Foreign Commercial ServiceIndustry Sector Analyses (ISAs): **A comprehensive, updated list of marketresearch reports produced by the U.S. Commercial Service in Russia is availableon the National Trade Data Bank (see Chapter I).  Following are 20 recently or soon-to-be released reports:

 

Hotel andRestaurant Equipment          (January 1999)

TheAutomotove Aftermarket                   (February 1999)

Metallurgy inthe Urals                         (February 1999)

FoodProcessing in the Urals                    (March 1999)

DentalEquipment                         (March 1999)

AgriculturalMachinery                    (March 1999)

Russia’sPetroleum Refining Industry       (March 1999)

Ports inRussia                             (March 1999)

InternetServices in Russia               (April 1999)

Meters,Process Controls and Heating        (April 1999)

PollutionControl in the Russian Far East      (May1999)     

DurableHousehold Appliances                    (May 1999)

FurnitureManufacturing in the Urals          (May 1999)

ConstructionMaterials in the Urals          (June 1999)

Pharmaceuticalsin the Russian Far East       (June 1999)

Advertisingin Russia                        (June 1999)

ConstructionMarkets in Northwest Russia      (June1999)

FoodProcessing & Packaging, Russian Far East (July 1999)

Russia’sInsurance Industry                 (August 1999)

The FinishedApparel Market in Russia         (September 1999)

 

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