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Justified caveats regarding Russian commercial traps and pitfalls in trade, finance and investment are not prominantly emphasized by either the U.S. Government or media. American political and military interests do not necessarily correspond to commercial business interests. Official advice of government agencies may involve conflicts of interest with private business interests. Many apparent investments consist of tax dollars rather then allocations of private capital to commercial opportunities.

Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms has been licensed by the Ministry of Foreign Economic relations since 1989, and has developed an international reputation as an expert on Russia, The Baltics, The Commonwealth of Independent States ( Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and The Central Eurasian Republics of Kazkahstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. He has compiled a significant DISTRIBUTED archive on eastern European resources, people, contacts, and internet connections. His lists, directories, data-files, and cooperating agents reach into most of Russia for trade, finance, investment, currency exchange, capital repatriation, distance education, financing, satellite launching services, NGO and PVO activity in health, environment and education as well as contacts with instrumentalities of government regarding monetary, budgetary and regulatory policy initiatives.. Palms' material is essential for researching Russian markets, industry, resources, and politics.

Dr. Palms understands Russian politics, business and culture in astounding depth. He has spent nine years in full time engagement with Russia, and taught at the Moscow Management School, Leningrad Management School and Russian Academy of Science in Vladivostok. He was a delegate to the Clinton-Yeltsin Summit and has participated in New York Stock Exchange board-room meetings with the Chairman and CEO of the Exchange, The U.S. Ambassador to Russia, and Prime Minister Anatoli Borisovich Chubais. He maintains contact with Russia's 89 regions and has been advisor to Mayors of the larger cities. Among his partners are included the Ministry of Education and several of the major banks. His commentaries and essays on current events have become increasingly well known and are highly respected, indeed, are often published in the U.S. and Russian media. Dr. Palms' knowledge can take the curious behind the news headlines and behind the stage curtains to gain an intimate look at what is truly happening in Russia. Fortune 500 companies exploring market opportunities can benefit from his advice and insights.

Dr. Palms, assisted by MetaSyn Media, has developed a Portal Gateway through which Palms' archives and commentaries can be reached electroniucally. All known WWW links to Russia and Eastern Europe are provided and are updated monthly to form a convenient data-base for accessing all internet sites in the C.I.S. Your subscription order (IT IS CURRENTLY FREE), provides you with links to thousands of Portal addresses which in turn open up thousands of links which COVER VIRTUALLY EVERY SUBJECT in Russia and the C.I.S. There is also a 900 volume electronic "Palms Russian Public Library" at the Ministry of Education webserver in Moscow.

PALMS PORTAL enables you to contact more than 250,000 Russians by e-mail and reach 1800 webservers in Russia, as well as access extensive directories of industry, government offices, agents, importers/exporters, dealmakers, universities, and media. More than a quarter million e-mail addresses are provided

You will also find organizations and programs providing assistance in law, health, environment, pollution, scholarships, executive training exchange programs, monetary policy, defense conversion investment, capital sources, taxes, licensing requirements, fraud, exchange rates, repatriation of capital, statistical data, economic reports, agricultural programs, franchising in Russia, import tariffs, grant programs, constitutional law, foreign disaster assistance programs, Russian publications clearinghouses, investors with portfolios in Russia, industry studies, foreign affairs research organizations, U.S. federal reports, export credit guarantees, nuclear safety programs, privatization, peace corps, stock exchanges, regional administrations (89), universities, Russian online webservers, Russian internet providers, foreign policy information, and Russian city web sites,.

Which American firms have closed their plants in Russia and why.?Who has lost money? How to avoid graft, corruption, traps and pitfalls. Whatever your concerns. Here is a good place to look for and receive authoritative, informed answers usfeul in your corporate decision making.

Special Reports

Dividing communally owned property of its population, is an important component for formerly socialist economies in achieving economic development. Allowing investors to build their own safety nets will make immediate economic progress possible. November 1997

RUSSIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: 1996 PROGNOSIS (this is a 25 page html file)

DR PALMS RESPONDS TO RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR ADVICE

OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO 'FORTUNE 1000' COMPANIES

HOW TO REACH RUSSIAN MARKETS

Comprehensive Searchable Data Base of 200 Large ( 8000 employees or more) Russian Industrial Companies which are Available for Acquisition, Investment, LBO, or Merger (automatic notification robot according to your designated SIC code interests)

MIRROR SITES IN RUSSIA FOR PALMS' PORTAL : It costs a Russian $0.12 per kb to read your "Free" web pages on a webserver located in America. Viewing your 'graphics' can cost a Russian $5 per picture. He can read our "Mirrors" without such cost.

Other WWW pages and sites which may be of interest:

Johnson's Russia List The real news about Russia. The New York Times says "Everybody hates it, but Everybody reads it. It has my unqualified endorsement as the single most comprehensive news source about Russia. To subscribe send an email to: djohnson@mail.cdi.org

"Palms 7000" for "Fortune 500" companies

GO TO Dr. Palms Lobby for directions by subject matter to trade, export, import, finance, investment, politics etc. or pick from the general index Russian or English

For Russian General Directors - Go to CHANGING YOUR WAY OF DECISION MAKING!

GO TO METASYN MEDIA for electronic publishing services.

ITAR-TASS Russian News Agency: The Original News from Russia by Russians

Palms & Company, Inc.: Palms Harbor Lights Building #103, 515 Lake Street South, Kirkland (Seattle), WA 98033; http://www.aa.net/~russia

Tel: 1 425-828-6774 - fax: 1-425-827-5528

Vounteers wanted to translate any of these pages into Russian. See link for instructions.