Digest for 96-03-26
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-26 March 96 Russian Life goes online!
#02-26 March 96 Friends "Chat" on Friday, March 29
#03-26 March 96 US-Eurasia Internet Access and Training Program
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-26 March 96 Sender: "Paul E. Richardson" (71740.1473@compuserve.com)
Subject: Russian Life goes online!
02-26 March 96 Sender: John Kimble (mitosis@qtm.net)
Subject: Ancestors
03-26 March 96 Sender: Alexander Scharf
(alexander_scharf@public.uni-hamburg.de)
Subject: Russian Labour Laws
04-26 March 96 Sender: PAULO CAIO F SAMPAIO
(psampaio%sanet.com.br@internetco.net)
Subject: from S=E3o Paulo, Brazil
05-26 March 96 Sender: "Gregory Blake" (blake@fof.kiev.ua)
Subject: Russian/Ukrainian/English translations
06-26 March 96 Sender: John Carlson (John_Carlson@ccmail.wiu.edu)
Subject: Map of Ryazan
07-26 March 96 Sender: Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com
Subject: Request re medical insurance in Moscow/St. Petersbu=
rg
08-26 March 96 Sender: Alexander Bezborodko (balex@io.org)
Subject: Canadian Russian language Web newspaper "Vesti" #12=
..
09-26 March 96 Sender: icaaun@nywork2.undp.org (International Council
on Alcohol and Addictions - UN
Subject: Re: Digest for 96-03-22
10-26 March 96 Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ + Presents: Ukrainian Weekly Preview
March 24th, 1995 now ONLINE!
11-26 March 96 Sender: William Raisner (RAISNER@USITA.GOV)
Subject: NIS Agribusiness Report - USAID Solicitation
12-26 March 96 Sender: William Raisner (RAISNER@USITA.GOV)
Subject: NIS Agribusiness Report - Press Release on
Poultry Exports
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Russian Life goes online!
We are pleased to announce the new WWW site for Russian Information
Services, the publisher of Russian Life magazine. The site features
magazine cover stories as well as samples from its more popular
departments. Also included is their "Access Russia & Central Europe=
"
catalog of over 200 books, maps and products relating to travel and
doing business in the region, all of which can be ordered online.
Please visit from the News and Information Services page (from the
Commercial Services section) or directly at URL:
http://www.friends-partners.org/rispubs/rl-top.html
More information in message #01 below.
* Thanks to everyone who participated in Sunday's F&P chat session!
Several folks joined in for what was an interesting two hours of
discussion on a variety of topics. A special thanks to Alan Boyle for
sponsoring the session and being such a good host.
The participants want to hold another chat session this coming
Friday, March 29 and hope to have several Russian/NIS participants join
in a discussion entitled "what do you wish to ask Americans about life
in America?". The session will start in the F&P Chat Room at 11 am EST
(8:00 am Pacific time, 7:00 pm Moscow time).
You can enter the interactive Chat Room from our "Community Corner" or
directly at URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/chat/chat.html
Please join Alan and friends this Friday for what should be
another interesting and educational discussion.
* IREX US-Eurasia Internet Access and Training Program
"Over the course of the next year, the program will place eight
'Internet Fellows' in various regions of the NIS to work on developing
connectivity for educational institutions and NGOs."
Please visit the Telecommunications Projects and Organizations
section from the Telecommunications page or directly at URL:
http://www.irex.org/iatp.htm
(our thanks to Colleen Halley (http://www.irex.org/challey.htm) for
suggestion the link!)
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
** 01 **********************************************************************
)
)Sender: "Paul E. Richardson" (71740.1473@compuserve.com)
)Subject: Russian Life goes online!
)
)RUSSIAN LIFE WEB PAGE INAUGURATED
)
)MONTPELIER, VT (3/25/96) -- Russian Information Services,
)the publisher of Russian Life magazine, announced here
)today that the 40-year-old magazine of Russian culture,
)history, travel and business has inaugurated its unique
)site on the World Wide Web.
)
)The magazine's site features samples of cover stories,
)samples of the magazine's popular departments: Practical
)Traveler, Survival Russian, Travel Journal and Russian
)Cuisine, and a unique search engine which allows users
)to search text of the magazine by keyword, to find items
)of interest.
)
)The search engine also encompases the publisher's on-line
)catalog, Access Russia & Central Europe, which contains
)over 200 books, maps and products relating to travel
)and doing business in the region, all of which can be
)ordered online.
)
)Within two weeks the site will add an events database
)which users can add information to and/or use to search
)for Russia-related events in their area or sphere of interest.
)
)The site resides on the Friends & Partners server at the
)University of Tennessee, arguably the most important main
)WWW site for persons with an interest in travel to or
)business in Russia.
)
)Russian Life magazine can be found at:
)
)http://www.friends-partners.org/rispubs/rispubs.html
)
)
)
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)Sender: John Kimble (mitosis@qtm.net)
)Subject: Ancestors
)
)I have recently found the naturalization papers for a grandfather I
)never knew. They state that he was born in Rothammel, Russia on april
) 13, 1885. Am interested in knowing where this is and any relevant
)information you might have. Thank you Wanita Kimble
)
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)
)Sender: Alexander Scharf (alexander_scharf@public.uni-hamburg.de)
)Subject: Russian Labour Laws
)
)Hi,
)I=B4m a law student from Hamburg. I=B4m very interested in russian labour
)law and I wrote two studies; one on labour law, one on trade union law.
)I=B4m looking for new labour law textes (also current draws) and for
)articles on the same subject (all in russian). It also would be nice to
)talk to someone who is also interested in russian labour law. Can you
)help me?
)
)Thanks in advance.
)
)Alexander
)
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)
)Sender: PAULO CAIO F SAMPAIO (psampaio%sanet.com.br@internetco.net)
)Subject: from S=E3o Paulo, Brazil
)
)Dear friends
)
)My name is Paulo,I=B4m from S=E3o Paulo,Brazil.My grandmother is from
)Sebastopol and left the country during the revolution. Her mother and
)father were executed. She had a sister who survived and after 1960 we didn,=
t
)have more notices.My grandmother become a great painter in Brazil and was
)dead in 1990.Do you know where I can find some help to localize some of my
)russian relatives? Thanks a lot for your attention....My grandmother last
)name is von Riesenkampf, and her mothers last name is Voronin.............
)Paulo Sampaio
)
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)
)Sender: "Gregory Blake" (blake@fof.kiev.ua)
)Subject: Russian/Ukrainian/English translations
)
)
)
)Please post the following. Thanks...
)
)First-class translations to/from Russian/Ukrainian/English. Specializing
)in business, computer terminology. Contact Gregory (blake@fof.kiev.ua).
)
)Graphics services also available in all three languages, from brochure
)design to book publication.
)--
)Gregory Blake
)Kiev
)(38) (044) 229-20-16
)email id: blake@fof.kiev.ua
)=1A
)
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)
)Sender: John Carlson (John_Carlson@ccmail.wiu.edu)
)Subject: Map of Ryazan
)
)I will be going to Ryazan, Russia in May. I've been there before, but get
)my directions messed up whenever I ride the bus. Does anyone know of where
)I can get a map fo the city of Ryazan? I've contacted the University of
)Texas Library, twice, but got no response. I would most like to have a
)map of the city with the bus routes, but will be more than happy just to
)find a map of the whole city. Please e-mail me at
)John_Carlson@ccmail.wiu.edu if you have any suggestions. Thanks. John
)Carlson My address is: John_Carlson@ccmail.wiu.edu
)
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)
)Sender: Douglas.K.Eldred@cdc.com
)Subject: Request re medical insurance in Moscow/St. Petersburg
)
)
)
)A group of archaeologists are going to be in Zaraysk (about 3 hours
)southeast of Moscow by public transportation) this July, and we're trying
)to understand what's available for medical insurance. The leader of the
)group sent me this inquiry:
)
))I am having trouble running down the information
))about medical insurance for foreigners in Russia.
))Last year I had a brochure for a company that
))maintains AMA standard hospitals in Moscow,
))St. Pete, Kiev, etc. For about $60 one can get
))full coverage including transport to hospital.
))This is what I would like to get information on
))but can't seem to ferret it out.
)
)Any help would be much appreciated...
)
)Doug
)
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)
)Sender: Alexander Bezborodko (balex@io.org)
)Subject: Canadian Russian language Web newspaper "Vesti" #12.
)
)
)
)Hello friends!
)
)We are happy to introduce the twelfth's issue of Canadian Russian
)language newspaper "Vesti" - Web version of a biggest
)Russian newspaper in Canada. Address: http://www.io.org/~balex
)Table of Contents:
)Canadian chronicle.
)Canadian politics.
)Canadian Immigration.
)Health.
)Outlook of Russia.
)Short stories of Russian-Canadian authors.
)Commercials.
)
)Alexander Bezborodko
)balex@io.org
)
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)
)Sender: icaaun@nywork2.undp.org (International Council on Alcohol and
)Addictions - UN
)Subject: Re: Digest for 96-03-22
)
)
)Dear Friends: I made my first visit to Moscow and St. Petersburg last
)summer as a consultant to the International Assn. Against Drug Abuse and
)Drug Trafficking, an FSU, non-governmental organization. We filmed the
)"Team Special Militia" on raids of open-air drug markets, and interviewed
)many young addicts and health, social, media, and gov't officials.
)I would like to continue this work: creating awareness and action programme=
s
)to deal with the supply and demand problems emerging in the new Russia.
)
)The impact of these trends are quite serious in terms of public health,
)social and economic security, and the stabilization of a democratic
)and civil society. I would like to connect with any groups who are
)working on these issues, and would welcome an opportunity to return
)to Russia as a consultant.
)
)Thank you,
)
)Ronald B. Brinn
)
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)
)Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
)Subject: Ukrainian Weekly Preview March 24th, 1995 now ONLINE!
)
)now ONLINE!
)
)Greetings,
)
) The latest preview of the Ukrainian Weekly is now available
)on the Ukraine FAQ Plus site! This is an exclusive regular
)feature each week. The Ukrainian Weekly is the largest
)English-speaking weekly newspaper extant in the Western
)world covering Ukrainian issues both in Ukraine and in the
)Diaspora. The preview is available on Internet at the
)address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project.
)
)The address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project is now:
)
)http://www.std.com/sabre/UKRAINE.html
)
)Either click the button labelled "Current Events" by the
)Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
)"Current Events" section summary to access this latest
)news.
)
)As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
)with comments. We always are looking for contributions
)as well.
)
)
) Regards,
)
) Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
)
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)
)Sender: William Raisner (RAISNER@USITA.GOV)
)Subject: NIS Agribusiness Report - USAID Solicitation
)
)The following report relating to business opportunities in the New
)Independent States of the former Soviet Union is provided as a service to
)clients who have expressed an interest in the region. If you wish to be
)excluded from future mailings contact the Business Information Service
)for the NIS (BISNIS) at raisner@usita.gov to be removed.
)
)Sincerely,
)Bill Raisner
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)Title: Agribusiness: Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, (USAID/Ukraine,
)121-96-001)
)
)CBD ISSUE DATE: 03/25/96 SECTION: Procurements FSC CODE: L
)KEYWORDS: AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USAID
)
)COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR AGRIBUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS IN
)UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND BELARUS
)
)SOL RFA 121-96-001 DUE 051596
)
)POC Dennis Sharma, Project Officer, ENI/ED/AG, (703) 875-5196. The
)United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking
)applications from agribusiness associations, agricultural cooperatives,
)PVOs with agribusiness affiliations and other agribusiness organizations
)1) who have experience with the formation of agribusiness partnerships
)or joint ventures, 2) whose members or affiliated agribusinesses have
)experience with indigenous private agricultural firms in the New
)Independent States (W/NIS), and are interested in establishing
)agribusiness partnerships to provide market driven private alternatives in
)agricultural input supply, marketing and distribution, and agroindustrial
)processing in West NIS countries (principally Ukraine, Moldova and to a
)limited extent Belarus). The objective of this three year activity is to
)increase private sector involvement in the agricultural input supply,
)agroindustrial processing, marketing and distribution in West NIS
)countries (principally Ukraine and Moldova and to a limited extent in
)Belarus). The primary components of this activity will be: 1) Agricultural
)Input Supply, Technology and Market - over the next three years and
)with the assistance provided under this project, U.S. and local
)agribusinesses will establish new Farm Service Centers, as
)agribusiness partnerships, to provide farmers with a viable, private,
)market-based sources of inputs, technical assistance and market outlets
)that can compete with the existing state system. USAID will provide
)incentive financing in form of development contracts for technical
)assistance and training to induce U.S. and local entrepreneurs to
)undertake investments in the Farm Service Centers. In addition, USAID
)will provide resources to support commercialization of small farm
)agriculture. This could be in the form of technical assistance provided to
)fledgling private farmers in production, processing, marketing, distributio=
n
)and access to credit, 2) Transport and Distribution - agribusiness
)partnerships funded under this component will support the privatization
)of transport and improved communications systems necessary for
)efficient operations, and 3) Developing Commercial, Private
)Agro-Processing Enterprises and Trade - the lack of modern technology,
)food additives, ingredients and packaging materials needed, and poor
)management capabilities continue to have a negative impact on the
)quality of processed products in Ukraine. To address these problems
)USAID will support, through a U.S. agribusiness association, up to
)twenty Agribusiness Partnerships in value-added food and feed
)processing, packaging and distribution, encouraging private investment in
)these enterprises and providing an expanding market outlet for the
)increased agricultural output being generated through the Farm Service
)Centers. As with the farm service center activity, USAID would provide
)incentive financing, to support largely technical assistance and training
)and limited equipment costs of the new enterprises. USAID investment in
)the farm service centers, transport and communication, and
)agroindustrial partnerships will be based on a 2.5:1 ratio of private to
)public investment, with businesses providing the core investment and
)U.S. funding to catalyze the process and enhance development
)impact.
)The primary scope of work for the successful applicant will be to solicit
)sub-grant applications from its members in the three project components,
)make agribusiness partnership sub-grants and manage such subgrants
)until project completion. Supporting this program, the selected applicant
)will also be expected to do business outreach in W/NIS and the United
)States to facilitate business networking between the U.S. and local firms,
)and undertake other appropriate activities that promote agricultural trade
)and investment in the W/NIS countries. Funding has not been allocated
)for the activity at this time, however it is anticipated that funding will =
be
)available before the RFA issued. Applications will be evaluated and the
)selection will be based on the application that is most advantageous to
)the Government, considering the technical and cost factors stated in the
)evaluation criteria of the RFA. Further instructions regarding technical
)and cost proposal will be in the RFA. The RFA is anticipated to be issued
)not less than 15 days after this notice. This CBD notice can be viewed
)and downloaded using the Agency Gopher. The RFA, once issued, can
)downloaded from the Agency Gopher. The Gopher is
)GOPHER.INFO.USAID.GOV. Select USAID Procurement and Business
)Opportunities from the Gopher menu. The RFA text can be downloaded
)the Anonymous Files Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is
)FTP.INFO.USAID.GOV. Logon on using the user identification of
)anonymous and the password is your E-mail address. Look under the
)following directory for the RFA: pub/OP/RFA/121601/121601.rfa. Receipt
)of the RFA through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to
)the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient o=
f
)this Application to ensure that it has been received from INTERNET in its
)entirety and USAID bears not responsibility for data error resulting from
)transmission or conversion processes.
)
)U.S. [AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT], [USAID] Mission to
)Ukraine,
)American Embassy Kiev, Washington, D.C. 20521-5080. (0081)
)
) **************************************************************************=
*
)You can subscribe to the USAID CBD listserve by sending an e-mail to
)"listproc@info.usaid.gov" -- in the body of the e-mail include the
)message:
)subscribe USAID-CBD-L your name
)
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)Sender: William Raisner (RAISNER@USITA.GOV)
)Subject: NIS Agribusiness Report - Press Release on Poultry Exports to
)
)The following report relating to business opportunities in the New
)Independent States of the former Soviet Union is provided as a service to
)clients who have expressed an interest in the region. If you wish to be
)excluded from future mailings contact the Business Information Service
)for the NIS (BISNIS) at raisner@usita.gov to be removed.
)
)Sincerely,
)Bill Raisner
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)
)Office of the Vice President
)---------------------------------
)For Immediate Release
)Contact: (202) 456-7035
)March 25, 1996
)
)Vice President Al Gore welcomed Russia's announcement today that
)U.S. exports of poultry to Russia will continue, and that Russia shortly
)will begin to issue new import licenses to American poultry exporters.
)
)"The President and I are pleased by this announcement, and look
)forward to the prompt resumption of American poultry exports to the
)Russian market," Vice President Gore said. He added, "the resolution of
)Russia's veterinary concerns relating to U.S. poultry is an important first
)step toward a comprehensive settlement of poultry trade issues
)between the U.S. and Russia."
)
)In an agreement reached today in Washington, DC, Russia formally
)recognized that the U.S. inspection system and American poultry itself
)are fully acceptable for the Russian market. Russia's chief veterinarian,
)Vyacheslav Avilov, also confirmed in the talks that shipments that have
)left port for Russia prior to March 20, 1996 will be accepted, and that
)issuance of new import licenses will be resumed quickly.
)
)The agreements, negotiated by the United States Trade Representative
)and the Department of Agriculture, clarifies U.S. compliance with Russian
)requirements. It also puts in place bilateral practices for U.S. plant
)approval -- for example, spot-checks of U.S. poultry plants and a
)notification system to review issues and concerns -- that will help
)ensure that similar problems do not arise in the future.
)
)Earlier this month, the Vice President had received assurances from
)Russia's Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin that poultry trade would
)continue. The agreement formalizes the Prime Minister's commitment. It
)also affirms that the U.S. is committed to exporting products of the
)highest quality.
)
)The Administration is committed to pursuing a complete resolution of all
)issues that could affect poultry exports to Russia. Additional
)negotiations starting Thursday will focus on tariffs and customs
)practices.
)
)----------------------- END FRIENDS March 26, 1996 ------------------------=
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)APPENDIX
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)
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)
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