Contract # 920801

                      On Provision of Express Post Services

Moscow                                                          2000
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         In  accordance  with  the law of the  Russian  Federation  of July  17,
1999[On  postal  service]  No. 176 - FZ OOO [EMS  Garantpost],  in the person of
general  director  Semenov A. M., named  hereinafter  as [EMS]from one part, and
private company [Oxiris],  in the person of general director Dolgov V. A., named
hereinafter  as [the Sender],  from the other part,  have  concluded the present
contract concerning the following.
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1. Subject

         1.1.  EMS  undertakes  to provide  services on  reception,  processing,
shipment and delivery of  international  and domestic items of the Sender's mail
through the express post net of EMS, as  indicated in  Appendices 2 and 3 to the
present contract,  and also additional  services,  namely:  providing courier to
receive items of mail after telephone call; providing packing material available
from EMS; putting accompanying documents in order.

         1.2. The Sender  undertakes  to pay services  indicated in item 1.1. in
accordance  with  tariffs  specified  in  Appendices  1, 1.1,  4 to the  present
contract.

        1.3.  Monthly amount of items of mail, which is planned by The Sender to
be transferred within the frames of the present contract,  is (in units of items
of mail): to 20 to 50 ___to 1000 to 300 to 500 more than 500.

        As an item of mail, one should consider every separately  packed unit of
correspondence (goods) sent to a specified address.

2. EMS 's Commitments

         Within the frames of the present contract, EMS undertakes:

         2.1.  To receive  items of mail of the Sender at  reception  windows of
[EMS  Garantpost],  which  addresses  are indicated in Appendix 4 to the present
contract, or with the help of courier.

         2.2. To guarantee  shipment and delivery of items of mail of the Sender
in  accordance  with  addressee's  data  (postal  address,   surname,  name  and
patronymic name of recipient or name of organization,  telephone),  as specified
by the Sender in the address label.

         2.3. EMS guarantees to keep items of mail completely intact and to keep
communication in secret.

         2.4.  In case the  addressee  is absent at the moment of delivery of an
item of mail, EMS leaves for the addressee a notice with indication of the place
and time,  where he can receive the item of mail. If the addressee does not come
to get the item of mail within 14 calendar days, it will be returned back to the
Sender.

         2.5. To give to the Sender's representative,  after the Sender pays the
sum  indicated  in item 7.1.  of the  present  contract,  the  client  card with
indication thereon of number, date of contract conclusion and the Sender's name.
Reception of items of mail of the Sender, in accordance with items 1.1. and 2.1.
of the present contract, is implemented only, when the client card is presented.
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3. Sender's Commitments

         Within the frames of the present contract, the Sender undertakes:

         3.1. To provide EMS with items of mail to be sent,  which are packed in
accordance with the type of enclosure,  sending conditions and sending duration,
the packing  excluding the possibility of enclosure  damage while processing and
sending,  of access thereto without packing breach,  of damage of other items of
mail of doing any harm to workers of postal service.

         3.2. To legalize items of mail in accordance  with the rules of filling
in accompanying  documents  (address labels),  as enclosed by EMS to the present
contract.  EMS has the  right to  refuse  to  accept  an item of mail in case of
improper  putting  accompanying  documents  in  order.  While  putting  items of
international  mail in order, to provide on EMS's request the documents required
to perform Customs legalization.

         3.3. Not to provide for sending parcels with enclosures forbidden to be
sent (weapon, explosive, flammable and radioactive substances etc.).

         3.4. To  notify  EMS in due  time on  change  of own  postal  and  bank
              details. 4. Parties' Responsibility

         4.1. In accordance with the present  contract,  EMS is responsible only
to The Sender.

         4.2. In case of loss of an item of mail or of loss of  enclosure  (part
of enclosure) through EMS's fault, EMS refund to The Sender the sum in an amount
of two tariffs for sending this item of mail.

         4.3.  Damage,  loss of  enclosure  (part of  enclosure)  is fixed while
handing to an addressee in the presence EMS's worker. In this case the statement
on the loss (damage) of the enclosure is compiled.

         4.4. Claims connected with non - execution or improper execution by EMS
of its  commitments  in  accordance  with the  contract  can be laid  within the
following  periods:  |X| for items of domestic  mail - within 6 months since the
date of reception  of the item of mail;  |X| for items of  international  mail -
within 3 months since the date of reception of the item of mail.

         4.5. EMS is released from the  responsibility  in cases foreseen by the
legislation. Including:

        4.5.1. EMS bears no responsibility  for loss or damage of enclosure,  if
the  integrity of packing and seals (leads) was not  infringed,  and also if the
fact of the loss of enclosure (part of enclosure) was established  after handing
the item of mail to an addressee.

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         4.5.2EMS bears no  responsibility  for indirect losses or profit missed
by The Sender of whatever origin thereof.

         4.5.3.  EMS bears no  responsibility  for  partial  or  complete  non -
execution of the commitments in accordance with the present  contract,  if non -
execution  of these  commitments  is a  consequence  of  circumstances  of force
majeure (war, rebellion, earthquake,  resolution of state authorities etc.). EMS
undertakes to inform The Sender on approach of similar  circumstances in written
form in possibly shortest time.

5. Limits of Weight and Overall Dimensions

         Parcels  of  weight  of up to 31.5  kg and of  overall  dimensions  not
exceeding 150 cm for any of dimensions  and 300 cm for the sum of the length and
the  largest  circumference  taken in any  direction  except  for the length are
accepted  for sending.  Delivery of parcels  with weight and overall  dimensions
exceeding  the  above -  mentions  ones is  implemented,  if such a  possibility
exists, for any particular case after mutual consultations.

6. Insurance

         In accordance with the Sender's desire, the item of mail may be insured
against  risks  during  shipment and storage.  Postal  Insurance  Group (PIG) at
tariffs indicated in appendix 5 implements insurance of items of express mails.

7. Settlements

         Settlements with EMS are implemented in the following manner:

         7.1. The Sender,  who has concluded  contract with EMS, remits to EMS's
settlement account  preliminary sum in an amount of 5000 (five thousand) rubles.
After  cancellation of the present contract,  in case of lacking of the Sender's
debt to EMS, EMS pays back The Sender the rest of the sum on its account.

         7.2. EMS sends to the Sender bill for actually  provided services every
month.

         7.3.  Settling the bills  presented by EMS to the Sender is implemented
within three banking days since the day of bill reception.

         7.4. In case of non - payment  within the period as  indicated  in item
7.3.  the Sender is imposed with the fine in an amount of 0.15 % for each day of
payment delay.

8. Service Suspension

         8.1.  EMS has the  right  to  suspend  the  acceptance  of items of the
Sender's mail in the following cases:

         8.1.1.  In case of the  Sender's non - payment of EMS's bills within 10
days since the day of bill reception;

         8.1.2.  In case it is  impossible to deliver to the Sender bills to the
postal address as indicated in the present contract.

         8.2. EMS resumes to accept items of the Sender's  mail after the Sender
has made  payments  as  indicated  in items 7.1.,  7.2.  and 7.4. of the present
contract.

         8.3.  In case the  Sender  has  lost  the  client  card,  EMS  suspends
acceptance of the Sender's mail items to the moment of reception of a new client
card.

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9. Terms of validity of the contract.
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         9.1. The present  contract comes into force since the moment of signing
and is valid within 1 year.  After  expiration of a calendar  year, the contract
shall  automatically  be  extended  for the next  year,  if none of the  parties
refuses to extend the term of validity of the contract,  having notified thereon
the other party in written form not later than 1 month before the  expiration of
the term of validity of the contract.

         9.2. The contract may be canceled  before the expiration of the term of
its validity by mutual  agreement of the parties or in an  unilateral  manner in
case of failure to execute  by one of the party the  commitments  in  accordance
with this contract with a preliminary  notification of the other party not later
than one month before the cancellation of the contract.

         9.3. The  contract is made in  duplicate,  both copies  having the same
force.  All  changes  and  appendices  to  text  of  the  present  contract  are
implemented  only in  written  form and  should be signed  and  stamped  by both
parties.

10. Coordination of the Contract

         EMS and the Sender appoint from their parts a person,  who  coordinates
all matters  associated with  implementation of the present  contract:  from the
part of EMS Cherezov Maksim, from the part of The Sender Zavitaev Maksim.

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11. Settlement of Arguments

         Vexed questions, which cannot be settled in the course of negotiations,
are settled in accordance with the valid legislation.

12. Legal and Postal Addresses of Parties

12.1. Legal Addresses of Parties

[EMS]                                      [The Sender]
OOO [EMS Garantpost]                       ZAO [OXIRIS]
113105,  Moscow                            117802, Moscow, Nauchny passage, 12
Varshavskoye chaussee,
building 33, office 302

12.1. Postal addresses
of parties

[EMS]                                      [The Sender]
OOO [EMS Garantpost]                       ZAO [OXIRIS]
113105,  Moscow                            117802, Moscow, Nauchny passage, 12
Varshavskoye chaussee, 33                  tel.: 120 - 5086
tel / fax: 111 - 01 - 82,
fax: 956 - 2654
12.3. Bank Details
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OOO [EMS Garantpost]
INN 7724069257                             ZAO [OXIRIS] INN 7706200205
Rouble account:                            Rouble account:
No. 40702810900000006601                   No. 407028103000000001990
AIKB [NOMOS - BANK], Moscow,               AKB [Russkii bankirskii dom]
BIK 044585998                              BIK 044585400
correspondent account                      correspondent account
30101810100000000998                       30101810300000000400
                                           The contract was signed:
for [EMS Garantpost]                       for ZAO [OXIRIS]
general director                           general director
(Signature) A.M. Semenov                   (Signature) V. A. Dolgov
(Seal)                                     (Seal )

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                                                                 Appendix No. 1
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TARIFFS OF [EMS GARANTPOST]
for clearings
for sending items of express mail abroad.
(in rubles, VAT included)
Tariffs  are  valid  for all  populated  areas of the net of EMS  Garantpost  in
Russia.

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<S>                   <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Weight (kg)      Zone 1         Zone 2         Zone 3         Zone 4         Zone 5         Zone 6
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DOCUMENTS

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0.1              512            730            768            1004           1095           1278
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0.5              689            821            839            1095           1107           1369
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1                748            948            986            Q1278          1369           1643
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1.5              857            1095           1187           1496           1552           1917
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2                969            1243           1369           1717           1734           2191
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PARCELS (enclosure of goods)

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0.1              730            913            1004           1187           1278           1460
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0.5              821            1039           1095           1369           1375           1643
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1                1004           1169           1278           1552           1643           1917
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1.5              1151           1313           1460           1734           1826           2101
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2                1278           1425           1643           1917           2099           2464
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3                1460           1552           1826           2099           2464           2921
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4                1587           1678           2008           2373           2738           3286
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5                1717           1861           2247           2738           3103           3742
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6                1843           2043           2500           3103           3468           4199
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7                1973           2226           2756           3468           3834           4564
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8                2099           2408           3012           3834           4199           4929
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9                2226           2591           3268           4051           4455           5294
---------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
10               2355           2774           3524           4272           4711           5659
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11               3483           3866           3707           4400           4064           6034
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12               2612           2956           3890           4711           5220           6389
---------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
13               2738           3047           4072           4929           5477           6698
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14               2847           3139           4255           34590          5733           7011
---------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
15               2956           3230           4437           5368           5989           7320
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16               3047           3321           4620           5586           6245           7629
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17               3138           3412           4803           5804           6501           7938
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18               3229           3503           4986           6022           6757           8247
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19               3320           3594           5169           6240           7013           8556
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20               3411           3685           5352           6458           7269           8865
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21               3502           3776           5535           6676           7525           9174
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22               3593           3867           5718           6894           7781           9483
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23               3684           3958           5901           7112           8037           9792
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24               3776           4040           6081           7330           8303           10101
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25               3866           4140           6267           7548           8549           10410
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26               3957           4231           6450           7766           8805           10719
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27               4048           4322           6633           7984           9061           11028
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28               4139           4413           6816           8202           9317           11337
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29               4230           4504           6999           8420           9573           11646
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30               4321           4595           7182           8638           9829           11955
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31               4412           4686           7365           8856           10085          12264
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31.5             4503           4777           7548           9074           10341          12573
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STANDARD PRIVILEGE TARIFFS

for contract clients of [EMS Garantpost].

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Number   of   items  of  1 -    101 - 500      501 - 1000     1001 - 2000    2001 - 5000    More    than
mail     per     month,  100                                                                5000
pieces.
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Privilege   tariffs (%   100     95             90              85             80             75
of standard ones).
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                                                               Appendix No. 1.1.
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TARIFFS OF [EMS GARANTPOST]
for clearings
for sending items by express mail from Moscow to cities of Russia.
(in rubles, VAT included)

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Weight (kg)    Moscow       St.          Zone 1       Zone 2       Zone 3       Zone 4       Zone 5
                            Petersburg
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S>            <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
0.1            96           168          359          359          359          403          430
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
0.5            96           180          386          386          403          430          474
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
1              96           207          403          416          430          458          502
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
2              96           259          458          474          502          530          618
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
3              96           311          516          530          574          602          731
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
4              96           363          574          588          646          674          847
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
5              96           415          632          646          718          746          963
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
6              115          467          690          704          790          818          1079
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
7              134          519          748          762          862          890          1195
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
8              153          571          806          820          934          962          1311
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
9              172          623          864          878          1006         1034         1427
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
10             191          675          922          936          1078         1106         1543
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
11             210          727          980          994          1150         1178         1659
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
12             229          779          1038         1052         1222         1250         1775
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
13             248          831          1096         1110         1294         1322         1891
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
14             267          883          1154         1168         1366         1394         2007
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
15             286          935          1212         1226         1438         1466         2123
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
16             305          987          1270         1284         1510         1538         2239
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
17             324          1039         1328         1342         1582         1610         2355
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
18             343          1091         1386         1400         1654         1682         2471
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
19             362          1143         1444         1458         1726         1754         2587
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
20             381          1195         1502         1516         1798         1826         2703
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
21             400          1247         1560         1574         1870         1989         2819
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
22             419          1299         1618         1632         1942         1970         2935
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
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23             438          1351         1676         1690         2014         2042         3051
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
24             457          1403         1734         1748         2086         2114         3167
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
25             476          1455         1792         1806         2158         2186         3283
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
26             495          1507         1850         1864         2230         2258         3399
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
27             514          1559         1908         1922         2302         2330         3515
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
28             533          1611         1966         1980         2374         2402         3631
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
29             552          1663         2024         2038         2446         2474         3747
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
30             571          1715         2082         2096         2518         2546         3863
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
31             590          1767         2140         2154         2590         2618         3979
-------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
31.5           609          1819         2198         2212         2662         2690         4095
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         List of served cities of Russia is presented in appendix 3.

STANDARD PRIVILEGE TARIFFS for contract clients of [EMS Garantpost].

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Number       of  1 - 100        101 - 500      501 - 1000     1001 - 2000    2001 - 5000    More    than
items  of  mail                                                                             5000
per      month,
pieces.
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Privilege        100             95             90             85             80             75
tariffs  (%  of
standard
ones).
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