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WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-21 May 96 RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA (RPIC)
#01-21 May 96 New Modern Poetry Page
#02-21 May 96 Latest BISNI Documents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-21 May 96 Sender: David Stickney (david@wv.vladikavkaz.su)
Subject: Mental Health in the FSU
02-21 May 96 Sender: sjksce@dante.lbl.gov (Steven Konopacki)
Subject:
03-21 May 96 Sender: masha@coaps.fsu.edu (Masha Medvedeva)
Subject: Cyrillics on AOL
04-21 May 96 Sender: spike@mindspring.com (RMS)
Subject: Re: Middle School Russian Teacher Needs Help
05-21 May 96 Sender: rombear@rapidnet.com (Lance)
Subject: Help Needed to Translate Book - Russian to English
06-21 May 96 Sender: LinCook@aol.com
Subject: Questions about elementary & secondary schools in Russia
07-21 May 96 Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Announcing The Post-Soviet Handbook
08-21 May 96 Sender: mruane@glas.apc.org (Marianne Ruane)
Subject: English language textbook in Uzbek
09-21 May 96 Sender: mvs3@po.CWRU.Edu (Maxim V. Soloviev)
Subject: New Cyberlink Rates ($.79/min to Russia, $.73/min to Ukraine, etc.)
10-21 May 96 Sender: "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
Subject: RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA
11-21 May 96 Sender: BrightCole@aol.com
Subject: KGB and human rights in Belarus
12-21 May 96 Sender: Remco Castner (castner@stemmer.de)
Subject: TV-Special about reproaches against Dr. Grushevoi
13-21 May 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Magnetic Motor for Russian Automobile Industry
14-21 May 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA"
Subject: Problems with Investments in Russia
15-21 May 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: neutralize radioactivity
16-21 May 96 Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ + Presents: CHORNOBYL - Ukrainian Weekly May 19th,
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Please visit
RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA (RPIC), maintaned by
Valerii Gerasimov.
on URL http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.html
He is going to open a line of new headings in addition to well-known
heading "Russian Media In Latvia". You can find more detailes about what's
new on this site from his article:
Sender: "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
Subject: RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA
* Alexei Vernitskii published new poetry page
Includes a wide variety of his poetry and poetry of Dmitri Sokolov,
Stanislav L'vovskii, Olga Zondberg and Maksim Ankundinov.
Please go to the Poetry and Proverbs section from the Art/Music/
Literature page or directly at URL:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/culture/literature/alexey/home.htm
* Addition of latest Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS) documents:
Articles include:
IMI: Consumer Products Market Growing in Azerbaijan
Russia: Import Procedures for Animal Products
IMI: Russian Trade Statistics for January - December 1995
Please go to the Economics and Business; choose
Economics and Business in Russia/NIS; then select
BISNIS documents or directly at URL:
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/bisnis.index.html
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
** 01 **********************************************************************
Sender: David Stickney (david@wv.vladikavkaz.su)
Subject: Mental Health in the FSU
Dear Friends,
I am seeking volunteers interested in comming to the FSU, I am in need
of mental health professionals, perferably with experience with
war-induced trauma and community based trauma. Although this
is strictly social work, Christians are encouraged to reply and will
be given preference.
Areas of service may include Chernobyl's Contaminated Areas, Refugee
Camps in the North Caucasus, and perhaps other areas.
Please send CV, availibility and expense requirements.
Reply to:
North Caucasus
david@wv.vladikavkaz.su
Jukka@wv.vladikavkaz.su
Chernobyl Zones
david@wvb.gomel.by
Serge@wvb.gomel.by
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Sender: sjksce@dante.lbl.gov (Steven Konopacki)
Subject:
Dear People,
I am interested in conducting Energy Conservation and Efficiency consulting within Russia.
My professional experience includes modeling of energy use and savings within commercial
and residential buildings, analysis of electricity use data, HVAC modeling-design-testing.
I am looking to interview with others with similar interests. Thank you.
Steven J. Konopacki
SJKonopacki@lbl.gov
http://eande.lbl.gov/EAP/BEA/People/sjkonopacki.html
** 03 **********************************************************************
Sender: masha@coaps.fsu.edu (Masha Medvedeva)
Subject: Cyrillics on AOL
Dear Friends,
My friend just subscribed to America On Line. Does anyone
know if it is possible to install russian fonts there?
Or where could I find such information?
I would really appreciate your help.
Thank you,
Masha
masha@coaps.fsu.edu
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu:80/~masha/
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu:80/bios/medvedeva.html
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Sender: spike@mindspring.com (RMS)
Subject: Re: Middle School Russian Teacher Needs Help
I need help desperately. I have been teaching Russian to 6th graders for the
past 5 years. This is a six week course, 30 days, designed simply to expose
children to the language, alphabet, and culture. This has been a successful
course and it has been published and we have amassed some material and are
seeking to publish a workbook for other teachers.
In the fall I will have to teach 9 week courses and will need material for
my students. Russian material suitable for middle schoolers is most hard to
find 10-12 year olds. If you know of any resources I can tap into, I
would appreciate it a lot.
Contact me at either:
spike@mindspring.com
or
dfuller@gcedunet.gac.peachnet.edu
Thanks for everything,
Dick
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Sender: rombear@rapidnet.com (Lance)
Subject: Help Needed to Translate Book - Russian to English
Dear Friends: My colleague in Russia is in need of help having his book
translated from Russian into English. It is an ethnographic study entitled
"Althaic Shamanism".
The first edition, approximately 320 pages with 4 color pictures and 1
figure, was published in Russia in 1991. It was written and printed in
Russian. All 4,300 copies of the first edition were sold in a few months.
The book is well known in Russia.
"Altai Shamanism" is the result of 60 of years study of Altai shamans.
The book is the first one to investigate the Altaian Shamanism, an
early and specific form of religion, which had developed gradually and
naturally, without any personal founder, on the basis of an archaic
dualistic outlook of the world, by worshipping and personifying
nature. Shamanism had its own history since the first millennium AD,
being the "official" religion among Turkic and Mongol-language nomads
of Central Asia. The existence of this unwritten religion had been
maintained for many centuries with the help of oral tradition, and by means
of symbolic encoding of its basics and principles in drawing on the drum,
which was the major sacred object. An outstanding role in the maintenance
of the religion was played by the professional shamans, who were believed
to inherit their sacred power. They were considered the most powerful and
proficient.
The study was based on different historical sources, such as written
ancient and medieval ethnography, linguistics, archaeology, substantial
personal field study, and other sources., with a predominance of
ethnographic material. Field research was conducted in the 1920s. The
author directly interviewed professional shamans shortly before they were
liquidated since 1930s in the ex-USSR as a religious practitioners. This
makes the data received from them unique and of the great scientific value.
The pantheon of spirits, shaman's ritual functions, symbolics of ritual
clothes and the major sacred object - shaman's drum and its significance
for traveling in spiritual world, as well as a carrier of religion's dogmas,
etc., are described in separated chapters. No other studies of the
theological and gnoceological (materialistic world view) roots of Altaic
shamanism has ever been carried out.
A publisher is interested in publishing the book once translated. If you
have any interest in helping with this translation please contact
rombear@rapidnnet.com
Thank you very much for your consideration in this matter.
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Sender: LinCook@aol.com
Subject: Questions about elementary & secondary schools in Russia
Please help me with the following questions. If you know of other web sites,
books or magazines with this information, please let me know. Otherwise,
please send me whatever information you know about these
1. What are the overall goas of the Russian school system?
2. What is the administrative structure of the Russian school system
nationwide and citywide?
3. What are any reforms or innovation which have recently been initiated in
some Russian schools or school systems?
4. What is the general availability, condition and publication dates of
textbooks and other types of educational materials used in the Russian
schools?
5. What kind of staff development is held for teachers in Russia?
Thanks very much.
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Announcing The Post-Soviet Handbook
Center for Civil Society International, in cooperation with the University
of Washington Press, is pleased to announce the publication of...
The Post Soviet Handbook:
A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and
Internet Resources in the Newly Independent States
The Post Soviet Handbook documents the enormous variety of grassroots
initiatives which have emerged in the NIS over the past ten years. Entries
range from the Research Center for Human Rights in Moscow to the Red
Crescent Society in Azerbaijian and the Wildlife Foundation in Khabarovsk.
The Handbook provides extensive contact information for hundreds of
independent associations (including e-mail addresses) and describes their
principal programs and activities.
In addition, a special section introduces the abundance of Internet
resources related to the newly independent states, from electronic mailing
lists to World Wide Web and Gopher sites, as well as utilities for moving
from Latin characters to Cyrillic and vice-versa.
Other sections provide contact information for more than three dozen
clearinghouse organizations and describe more than 150 projects in the NIS
created by U.S.-based entities, ranging from cultural exchanges to
financial sector reforms and housing developments.
The Post-Soviet Handbook is 416 pages in length and sells for $19.95 plus
shipping and handling.
**********************************************************************
Ordering information for:
The Post-Soviet Handbook:
A Guide to Grassroots Organizations
and Internet Resources
in the Newly Independent States
(ISBN 0-295-97534-2)
University of Washington Press
Marketing Department
P. O. Box 50096
Seattle, WA 98145-5096
Tel. 206-543-4050
Fax. 206-543-3932
E-mail: uwpord@u.washington.edu
Toll free ordering in the US: 1-800-441-4115 (8am to 4pm PST)
Toll free fax: 1-800-669-7993
Information about the publication is also available from CCSI's homepage
under the "Publications" section: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/
** 08 **********************************************************************
Sender: mruane@glas.apc.org (Marianne Ruane)
Subject: English language textbook in Uzbek
On a recent trip to Uzbekistan, I met the ACCELS regional
representative, Sharif Kayumov, who is writing an English
language textbook in Uzbek. He already has 30 pages
completed. He is interested in collaborating with anyone who
may be working on a similar project already. He is from
Namangan, in the Ferghana Valley, where the purest form of
Uzbek is spoken. Anyone interested should contact Sharif
directly at (accels@actrnam.bcc.com.uz .
** 09 **********************************************************************
Sender: mvs3@po.CWRU.Edu (Maxim V. Soloviev)
Subject: New Cyberlink Rates ($.79/min to Russia, $.73/min to Ukraine, etc.)
Dear Friends & Partners,
I want to inform you that CYBERLINK DECREASED THE RATES on May 01, 1996.
You know CYBERLINK -- the American telecommunications company with the
lowest international calling rates.
Now: Russia - $.79 / min;
Ukraine - $.73 / min;
Belarus - $.85 / min;
Estonia - $.46 / min;
Latvia - $.59 / min;
...
Australia - $.32 / min;
France - $.39 / min;
Singapore - $.31 / min;
Denmark - $.30 / min;
Poland - $.61 / min;
Hungary - $.54 / min;
...
ADVANTAGES:
^^^^^^^^^^^
Super-low rates apply 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
billing increments is in 6 seconds instead of whole minutes. Best of
all, there are NO HIDDEN CHARGES: no access fees, per-call fees,
monthly fees, sign-up fees, peak-period surcharges, etc.
Note: CYBERLINK is an add-on service and you DO NOT CHANGE your
current long-distance company. Everything will remain the same;
you will only need to follow a special procedure to make
your international calls (dial 800 #).
Please inquire mvs3@po.cwru.edu or 216 231-2857.
** 10 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Valerij I. Gerasimov" (valery@irga.vernet.lv)
Subject: RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA
Dear Friends and Partners:
You are welcome to visit
RUSSIAN PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER IN LATVIA (RPIC)
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on URL http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/valery/russnews.html
We're going to open a line of new headings in addition to our well-known
heading "Russian Media In Latvia"
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What's new on the site:
*News from Latvia
[Events]
- One of streets in Riga, Latvia is renamed per Dzhochar Dudaev
- Latvia vote for Gennadij Zjuganov
[Education]
- New latvian law on education
*News from Russia
[Media]
Presentation of "Nash Sovremennik" magazin on the Web;
- Interview with Lukashenko, Prezident of Byelorus
- Interview with Gennadij Zjuganov, candidate into prezident of Russia
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RPIC is a wide project dedicated to the Russian life in Latvia and to
relationships between parts of the Russian Diaspora in different countries.
We plan to establish Russian public and cultural organizations, "electronic"
exhibitions and libraries, and so on.
Project supported by
The Center for International Networking Initiatives
The University of Tennessee
and
VERSIA Ltd.(The oldest Internet provider in Latvia)
Please address your ideas and/or critics to Mr. Valerij I. Gerasimov
(irga@irga.vernet.lv .
Best regards
Valerij I. Gerasimov,
Coordinator of project
Russian Public Information Center in Latvia
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Sender: BrightCole@aol.com
Subject: KGB and human rights in Belarus
Dear FRIENDS AND PARTNERS:
I am doing a thesis project on human rights in Belarus. The purpose of it is
to investigate the past and current situation of human rights in that
country, particularly Belarussian citizens and their interactions with KGB in
the past and presently.
The materials that I have found in the University Library provide me mostly
with the role of the KGB in "pre-perestroika" times. There is a certain gap
as far as the PRESENT situation is concerned:
* KGB's responsibilities in the Belarussian society presently
* Current structure of Belarussian KGB by departments
* Belarussian and Russian KGB
* Feelings of the Belarussian people towards KGB
* Cases of human rights abuse by KGB
* Persecutions based on political opinion
* Persecutions of those not willing to become informants
* Defecting to West based on fear of persecution by KGB
* Treatment of parents/relatives of victims
I understand that Belarussian and Russian KGB work together and utilize
basically the same strategy and tactics due to most recent integration of
both countries politically as well as economically. Any references to this
relationship will be greatly appreciated.
Would be thankful for absolutely any help from your group on THE CURRENT
SITUATION with Belarussian KGB:
* reports on human rights practices and violations published in
Belarussian/Russian and international press (I can have them translated)
* references to newspaper/magazine articles in English,Belarussian/Russian
* scholarly work in U.S.on the PRESENT activities of Belarussian KGB
* testimonials and statements from victims of oppressions
* personal or family experiences
* references to television and radio newscasts with dates, stations, and
brief outline of the material
* any other evidence that may be relevant to current role of the KGB in
Belarussian society
* phone and fax #s, addresses, and/or e-mail of:
a. human rights organizations
b. human rights government agencies in U.S.
c. non-government organizations
d. immigration attorneys specializing in above cases
e. officials in U.S., Belarus, Russia who would comment on
the activities of the KGB (on or off the record)
* WWW sites and listservs on this topic or related topics
Should any PERSONAL information need to be released, I will keep it
ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.
Again, I am looking for specifically CURRENT SITUATION in Belarus on this
matter.
Write to me by e-mail and I will provide you with my mailing address as
needed.
Thanks.
Patrick Colebright
Political Sciences
UMKC
E-mail: BrightCole@aol.com
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Sender: Remco Castner (castner@stemmer.de)
Subject: TV-Special about reproaches against Dr. Grushevoi
Dear Listmembers,
Additional to my mail from xx.xxx.xxx regarding reproaches
against Dr. Grushevoi and the charitable fund "To the Children
of Chernobyl", Minsk I herewith announce an English translation
of the original German text on my WWW-Site.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the chernobyl-explosion,
the German party SOZIALDEMOKRATISCHE PARTEI DEUTSCHLAND (SPD) held a
Chernobyl-Forum at the location of the German parliament, The DEUTSCHE
BUNDESTAG in Bonn.
As guests and mainspeakers were invited Dr. Grushevoy from the
Belarusian Charitable Fund For the Children of Chernobyl and Prof. Dr.
Edmund Lengfelder from the German "DEUTSCHER VERBAND FUER
TSCHENOBYLHILFE E. V." DVTH.
Prof. Dr. Edmund Lengfelder refused his participation because of the
reproach of supposed financial irregularity from Dr. Grushevoy and the
Fund in Minsk.
The serious and non-privat TV-station "ZWEITES DEUTSCHES FERNSEHEN"
ZDF has sent a 15 minute report on 4/30/96 about this Chernobyl-Forum
in his weekly series "FRONTAL". In this report, the reproaches of
financial irregularity were subject of some interviews.
I have written down a summary of this report and have add a WWW-site
to my Belarus-pages.=20
If you are interested to read, look to the following URL:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
or
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/front_gb.htm
best regards
HILFE FUER DIE KINDER VON TSCHERNOBYL
Initiative Olching/Esting
Remco Castner
Zusammenfassung eines ZDF-Fernsehberichtes =FCber Vorw=FCrfe gegen=20
Dr. Gruschewoj von Verein "Den Kindern von Tschernobyl" aus Minsk
wegen fananzieller Unregelmaessigkeiten anlaesslich des=20
SPD-Tschernobyl-Forums
Aus Anlass des zehnten Jahrestages der Katastrophe von Tschernobyl hat
die SPD am 26.4.1996 im Bonner Wasserwerk ein Tschernobyl-Forum
veranstaltet.
Als Gastredner wurden Dr. Gruschewoj vom Verein "Den Kindern von
Tschernobyl" aus Minsk und Prof. Dr. Edmund Lengfelder vom "Deutschen
Verband fuer Tschernobylhilfe e.V." DVTH eingeladen.
Prof. Dr. Edmund Lengfelder hat jedoch seine Teilnahme an diesem Forum
abgesagt. Grund der Absage waren Vorwuerfe gegen Dr. Gruschewoj und
den Minsker Verein wegen finanzieller Unregelmaessigkeiten.
Das ZDF hat am 30.4.1996 in seiner Sendung "FRONTAL" einen Bericht
ueber dieses Forum ausgestrahlt. Die Vorwuerfe gegen Dr. Gruschewoj
waren Inhalt mehrerer Interviews.
Ich habe eine schriftliche Zusammenfassung dieser Sendung erstellt und
in unsere WWW-Seiten eingestellt.
Wer Interesse an dieser Zusammenstellung hat, kann diese unter der
folgenden URL nachlesen:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/belarus.htm
oder
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/castner/front_de.htm
HILFE FUER DIE KINDER VON TSCHERNOBYL
Initiative Olching/Esting
Remco Castner
Remco Castner
STEMMER ELEKTRONIK=20
Gutenbergstr. 11
D-82178 Puchheim
Tel.: +49 (0)89 80902-0
Fax.: +49 (0)89 80902-116
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Magnetic Motor for Russian Automobile Industry
MAGNETIC MOTOR FOR RUSSIA AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
The future of Russian competition in the automobile manufacturing industry
lies in the "electric" automobile. Licensing of U.S. patented radically
new technology to fundamentally alter electrical power generation and
consumption if offered to interested Russian companies in automobile
manufacturing and generator manufacturing. A 450 horse-power generator
weighing a ton and costing $2 million can be replaced with a 300 pound
generator costing $100,000.
After 10 years of research we offer a revolutionary combination of a DC
motor and generator in one integrated magnetic machine - a fundamental
breakthrough in the production of energy suitable for many industrial and
commercial applications.
An extensive document is available to Russian automobile industries which
sets forth the Dynamo and related technology which is being made available
for licensing. Please reply to (russia@aa.net
(Please only reply to one of our email addresses)
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers, USA. (russia@aa.net
World Wide Web: 500 Megabyte Data Base plus 7000 URLS: Russia - The
Baltics - Central Eurasia - The Former Soviet Union
http://www.aa.net/~russia
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA"
Subject: Problems with Investments in Russia
Bank Due Diligence in Extending Credit Lines to Publicly Owned U.S.
Corporations Initiating Equity Investments in Russia
By: Dr. Peter J van de Waal-Palms
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers
E-mail: (russia@aa.net
WWW: http://www.aa.net/~russia
Although the financial statements of clients of a U.S. bank's commercial
loan department may evidence ample strength to support your credit lines,
indications of intentions to engage in operations in Russia may be an
early warning sign of potential deterioration in sources of recovery.
Operations initiated through "tender" are a red flag suggesting it would
be prudent to "read between the lines" of agreements covering such
tenders.
Here are some of the traps and pitfalls to look for.
1. Statements that mineral resources to be used in the production process,
are owned and remain the property of the State of Russia (Russian
Federation). Licenses may be limited permits to 'develop" rather than own.
2. Tender agreements frequently call for
* non-refundable pre-payment of projected taxes and license fees in the
millions of dollars to local instrumentalities of government. Commencement
of construction may be prohibited until such payments are made. At each
step of the process there are significant forfeiture penalties for not
continuing.
* Preparation of feasibility studies, land reclamation studies, etc. may
be required costing millions of dollars, without relief from contractually
committed starting dates for construction in the event completion of such
studies is delayed.
* Payment of significant sums may be required into general social and
economic funds and funds for the development of indigenous people's.
* Construction of facilities to offset environmental impacts may be
required, such as fish hatcheries, without defined procedures for
documenting adverse impact.
3. The agreements may require additional pre-payments to third parties
such as inventors, authors, parties previously designated by the
government, through 'grants', as the owners of resources the government is
now subsequently granting the applicant. Future claims, currently
undisclosed, of a similar nature may arise during the life of the license
4. Agreements may be subject to the approval of other state agencies such
as the State Technical and Ecological department without relief to the
applicant from contractual agreements with the government in the event of
refusal of approval.
5. Russian law may require mandatory sale of production to monopoly
Russian government agencies such as Roskomdragnet. Although agreement may
stipulate that prices will be at world-market level the agreements will
generally be silent about denomination of the currency and timing of
payments. In effect the company may have no control over its projected
revenues which may become long term receivables.
6. Silent hidden partners potentially exist in the form of an average of
20 instrumentalities of government which, by law, may have decision
making powers during the life of the corporation.
7. Agreements generally enumerate that raw materials used in the
production process are not the property of the corporation and cannot be
pledged, bought or sold.
8. Licenses are not transferable, thereby limiting divestiture and exit
strategies through the sale of assets. In effect investment in land,
buildings and plant would be of no value to a buyer who was unable to
obtain a new license independently.
9. Agreements may specify that failure to achieve a predetermined minimum
production or profit performance constitutes breach of the license and
subjects the owners to forfeiture of their license and/or assets.
10. Agreements may specify that failure to extract a predetermined
percentage of ore from each quantity of raw material in accordance with
"estimates" submitted by the applicant constitutes a breach of the license.
Usually provision is made for correction of such under-performance by the
payment of additional fees.
11. Agreements may require that 90% of the workers employed must be
Russian nationals and that 75% of positions that require special
education, after the factory has been constructed, must be filled by Russian
nationals.
12. Agreements may require re-investment of up to 50% of profits in
Russia during the term of the license.
13. In effect all contractual agreements are with a Sovereign nation which
possesses certain immunities.
14. Claims of "force majeure" may permit the government to 'suspend'
operations until disputes regarding such claims are resolved.
15 Liability is imposed upon the applicant for all damages resulting from
non-performance. Non-performance is defined in accordance with Article 21
of the Law of the Russian Federation, under which there may be no
adequate recourse according to accepted norms of "rule-of law".
16. The court of jurisdiction for arbitration procedures may not be
specified.
17. Russian legislation of stock companies (corporations) may give effective
control to Russian minority stockholders
What this all adds up to is that very viable economic opportunities may in
fact be "structured" in such a manner as to provide ongoing revenues to
the Russian government which would be larger in the event of commercial
failure of the project, than they might have been if the reverse happened.
A cynic might conclude that the intent of the agreement was to facilitate
expropriation through commercial contract provisions intended to result in
breach. There is significant "case history" that indicates such concerns
are warranted. The best time to correct such shortcomings is before one
get into any such agreement.
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: neutralize radioactivity
PARADIGM SHIFT IN PHYSICS EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR ALTERING OR DESTROYING
RADIOACTIVITY Experiments were undertaken to verify and test certain
processes and effects in changing the rate of radioactive decay of heavy
elements (elements heavier than lead, such as radium, thorium, or uranium,
all of which are radioactive) and prove that radioactivity can be changed
or eliminated at will by electrical or chemical means, opening the door to
atomic chemistry. Subjecting radioactive materials to the high heat and
fusing reaction of a chemical process can eliminate the radioactivity
completely. These results challenge prevailing opinions of scientists
about the nature of radioactivity, which many physicists and chemists
believe is immutable in nature, unless subjected to high energy nuclear
bombardment (as in nuclear reactors, cyclotrons, atomic weapons, or suns).
The major specific findings of these experiments will be made available
to interedsted parties in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine interested in
environmental clean-up
Please reply to (russia@aa.net
(Please only reply to one of our email addresses)
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Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: UKRAINE FAQ + Presents: CHORNOBYL - Ukrainian Weekly May 19th,
Greetings,
CORRECTION - this is the May ***19th*** issue.
The latest issue 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.
This issue has been updated to bring you
ANOTHER complete series of stories on Chornobyl
in addition to last week's comprehensive issue.
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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