Doing business with Russia: a guide to investment opportunities and business practice

Foreword / Andrew B. Somers

Map 1 : Russia and its neighbours

Map 2 : Russia and its regions

Map 3 : Moscow and its boundaries

Introduction / Marat Terterov

Developments in the political environment / William Flemming

overview of the Russian economy : money matters / Raiffeisen Bank

legal regime and regulatory environment for international business / CMS Cameron McKenna

Latest developments in the foreign investment climate / Andrew B. Somers

Russian investment climate / Branan

Russian country risk : clouding future prospects for Russian corporates / Elena Anankina and Robert E. Richards

Russian banking system : an overview / Eric Zuy

Retail banking / Deloitte & Touche

Twelve years of the Russian insolvency regime / Eric Zuy

issuance and regulation of securities / Max Gutbrod

Currency regulations / Vladimir Dragunov

Corporate governance development in Russia / Branan

Russian oil and gas / Bill Page and Mark Redhead

business climate in the Russian oil and gas sector / Keith Rowden and Igor Lotakov

oil and gas industry : the regulatory environment and legal infrastructure / CMS Cameron McKenna

Investing in a reforming electric utilities industry / Alexander Chmel and Vyacheslav Solomin

Russian energy sector policy / Sergey Maslichenko

telecommunications market / Vyacheslav Masenkov and Alexander Chachava

Telecommunications : the regulatory framework / CMS Cameron McKenna

Russian IT market / Vyacheslav Masenkov and Alexander Chachava

automotive industry / Alexander Raifeld and Andrei Kouzmin

pharmaceuticals market / Anton Timergaliev

Investing in Russian pharmaceuticals : crisis or renaissance? / Denis Matafonov

development of retail / Alexander Raifeld and Andrei Kouzmin

brewing industry / Deloitte & Touche

Business structures / CMS Cameron McKenna

Establishing a presence / CMS Cameron McKenna

Russian business entities / Gennady Odarich

Business taxation / Paul Quigley

Russian taxation / Natalia Milchakova

Auditing and accounting / Andrei Elinson

New Russian customs legislation / Alexander Dragunov

property regime in Russia / CMS Cameron McKenna

Land relations in the Russian federation / Andrey Goltsblat

Intellectual property and e-commerce / CMS Cameron McKenna

Arbitration and dispute resolution / CMS Cameron McKenna

Employment law and work permits for expatriates / CMS Cameron McKenna

investment project in Russia : applicable laws / Andrey Goltsblat

Entrepreneurial start-ups / Jamison Firestone

Property rights / Andrei Soukhomlinov

Competition law / Paul Melling and Sergei Voitishkin

App. 1. Learning from the Russian experience : regional debt defaults and recovery 1998-2003 / Eugene Korovin and Elena Okorotchenko

App. 2. Placing investment projects within the context of national significance / Vitaly Mozharowski and Maxim Popov.