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Country Commercial Guides for FY 2000: Russia Report prepared by U.S. Embassy Moscow, Released July, 1999 Note*

XI. USEFUL CONTACTS

APPENDIX E: HOST-COUNTRY and U.S. CONTACT INFORMATION

Russian Government Agencies: Following is a listing of selected Russian government offices with responsibilities affecting business. This is not an exhaustive list, and companies seeking contact information for particular federal or regional government offices not appearing here are encouraged to contact the U.S. Commercial Service in Russia.

A listing of Russian Consulates in the United States is found in Chapter IX of this report.

The country code for telephone and fax numbers in Russia is 7. City area codes appear in parentheses.

Ministry of Trade
Mikhail Fradkov, Minister of Trade
18/1, Ovchinnikovskaya Nab., Moscow
Tel: (095) 220-1064; Fax: (095) 220-1684, 231-9220

Ministry of Finance:
Mikhail Borisovich Kasyanov, Minister of Finance
Ulitsa Ilyinka 9, Entrance 1, Moscow
Tel: (095) 298-9130; Fax: (095) 925-0889

Ministry of Fuels and Energy:
Viktor Ivanovich Kalyuzhny, Minister of Fuels and Energy
7, Kitaigorodskiy Proyezd, Moscow 103074
Tel: (095) 220-4659; Fax: (095) 975-2045 (International Dept.)

Ministry of Agriculture and Food:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Shcherbak, Minister of Agriculture & Food
Orlikov Pereulok, 1/11, Moscow
Tel: (095) 207-4243
Fax: (095) 207-6437

State Customs Committee:
Mikhail V. Vanin, Chairman, State Customs Committee
1a, Komsomolskaya Ploshchad, Moscow 107842
Tel: (095) 975-1918; Fax: (095) 975-4823

State Committee for Communications (Goskomsvyaz)
Alexander Ivanov, Chairman
7, Tverskaya Ul., Moscow 103375
Tel: (095) 292-7144; Fax: (095) 230-2097

State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
(GOSSTANDART):
Gennady Petrovich Voronin, Chairman
9, Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow 117049
Tel: (095) 236-6208, -4044; Fax: (095) 236-6231, 237-6032

State Committee for Construction and Housing Policy (Gosstroi)
Anvar Shamukhamedovich Shamuzafarov, Chairman
Georgy Surenovich Markosov, Deputy Chairman
8, Stroiteley Ul., Bldg. 2, Moscow, 117987
Tel: (095) 930-1755; Fax: (095) 938-2202

State Statistics Committee (Russian official economic data)
Aleksandr D. Gulidov, Deputy Chairman
39 Myasnitskaya Ul.
Moscow 103450, Russia
Tel: (095) 207-4676; Fax: (095) 207-4891

Russian Copyright Agency:
Vladimir Nikolaevich Tverdovsky, Chairman of the Board;
Vadim Serafimovich Dunin, Head, Foreign Relations Department
6a, Bolshaya Bronnaya Ul., Moscow 103670
Tel: (095) 203-2996, -4599; Fax: (095) 200-1263

Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)
Alexander Dmitrievich Korchagin, Director General
30-1 Berezhkovskaya Nab., Moscow 121858, Russia
Tel. (095) 243-5509, 206-1809, 240-3295; Fax: (095)-243-3337
Internet site: www.rupto.rubr>

Selected Regional Governments

Moscow City Administration: Iosif N. Ordzhonikidze,
Deputy Mayor and Minister for External Relations
13 Tverskaya Ulitsa, 103032, Moscow
Tel: (095) 229-6360; Fax: (095) 883-6208

St. Petersburg City Administration: Valentin Makarov, Deputy Chmn., Cmte. for External Relations
1, Smolniy, St. Petersburg
Tel: (812) 271-0767; Fax: (812) 276-1633

Leningrad Oblast
Sergei Naryshkin, Chmn., Cmte. for External Economic Relations
Suvorovsky Prospect, 67, St. Petersburg, 193311
Tel: (812) 278-5587; Fax: (812) 274-5986

Sverdlovsk Oblast Administration:
Igor Ivanovich Arzyakov, Dir., Foreign Relations Department
1, Oktyabrskaya Ploshchad, Yekaterinburg 620031
Tel: (3432) 51-54-97, 58-96-56; Fax: (3432) 51-98-70

Yekaterinburg City Administration:
Vladimir I. Lomovtzev, Dir., Foreign Relations Department
1, Oktyabrskaya Ploshchad, Yekaterinburg 620031
Tel: (3432) 51-13-07, 51-43-83; Fax: (3432) 51-90-05

Primorskiy Territorial Administration:
Andrey Gennadyevich Zagumyonnov, Chairman
Committee for Foreign Economic Relations and Regional Trade
of the Dept. for Foreign Economic Relations and Tourism
22 Svetlanskaya ulitsa, 690110, Vladivostok
Tel: (4232) 22-08-52; Fax: (4232) 22-10-19

Khabarovsk Territorial Administration:
Sergey I. Lopatin, Chief, Foreign Economic Relations Dept.
56 ul.K.Marksa, Khabarovsk
Tel/fax: (4212) 32-41-21

Sakhalin Regional Administration:
Vitaly Nikolaevich Elizariev, Director
Department of Foreign Economic Relations
32 Kommunisticheskiy prospect, "Sakhincenter", office 236
693000 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 693000
Tel: (4242) 72-74-94
Fax: (4242) 72-74-93; International fax: 509-95-1236

Contacts for Company Registration:

Registration Chamber of the Moscow City Administration
Branch, Registration of Foreign Companies
22, Pilyugina Street
Moscow 117393
Roald Nesterevich Lebedinsky
Head of Branch Office
Tel: (095) 132-0500; Fax: (095) 202-2787

State Registration Chamber of the Russian Federation
3/5, Smolensky Bulvar
Moscow 119835, Russian Federation
Vitaly P. Seryogin, Chairman
Tel: (095) 246-8649, 246-3486; E-mail: srcinfo@corbina.ru
Nikolai Nikolayevich Saveliev
Head of the Information Service
Tel/Fax: (095) 245-2090

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Department of Accreditation
Sergey Borisovich Kulyba, Senior Expert
6, llyinka Street, Office 104
Moscow 103684
Tel: (095) 929-0260
Fax: (095) 929-0170

Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Yury Kotov, President
22 Pilyugina Street
Moscow 117393, Russian Federation
Tel: (095) 132-7396,132-7255
Alexander Ossadchy, Director for Foreign Economic Activities
Tel/fax: (095) 132-0047; E-mail: mtpp@glasnet.ru
Andrei Grigorievich Oreshin, Head, Accreditation & Visa Div.
Tel/Fax: (095) 132-7429; Fax: (095) 132-0029, 132-0047

Ministry of Trade of the Russian Federation
18/1, Ovchinnikovskaya Nab.
Moscow, Russia
Victor Arkadievich Barkov, Head, Dept. of Protocol Service
Tel: (095) 950-1000
Vladimir Anatolievich Volkov, Expert (for U.S. firms)
Tel: (095) 950-1620; Fax: (095) 950-9700

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
9, llyinka Street, Moscow
Alexander Vladimirovich Denisov, Head, Foreign Relations Dept.
(Accreditation of banking, auditing firms)
Tel: (095) 298-9959; Fax: (095) 913-4311

Central Bank of Russia
Sergey Vladimirovich Tatarinov, Dir., Foreign Relations Dept.
Igor Olegovich Shpotakovsky, Head, Accredited Office & Banks
12 Neglinnaya Street, Moscow
Fax: (095) 921-9147

State Duma (Lower chamber of Parliament):

--Cmte. on Budget, Taxes, Banking and Finance:
Alexander Dmitrievich Zhukov, Chairman
1 Okhotny Ryad, Moscow
Tel: (095) 292-3618; Fax: (095) 292-6016

--Cmte. on Economic Policy
Vladimir Ilyich Tikhonov, Chairman
1 Okhotny Ryad, Moscow
Tel: (095) 292-4260; Fax: (095) 292-4322

--Cmte. on Industry, Construction, Transport and Energy:
Vladimir Kuzmich Gusev, Chairman
1 Okhotny Ryad, Moscow
Tel: (095) 292-0498; Fax: (095) 292-3763

Trade Associations/Chambers of Commerce in Russia:

American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (Amcham)
Scott M. Blacklin, President
Kosmodamianskaya Nab. 52, Building 1, 8th floor, Moscow
Tel: (095) 961-2141; Fax: (095) 961-2142

American Chamber of Commerce in St. Petersburg
Slava Bytchkov, Executive Director
25 Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191186
Tel: (812) 326-2590; Fax: (812) 326-2591

St. Petersburg International Business Association
Natalia Kudryavtseva, Executive Director
36 Shpalernaya ul., 3rd floor, St. Petersburg, 191123
Tel: (812) 325-9091; Fax: (812) 279-9789

St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Alexey Ostapchuk, Deputy President
46-48, Ul. Tchaikovskogo, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191194
Tel: (812) 279-0607; Fax: (812) 272-8612

Vladivostok International Business Association (VIBA)
c/o U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Vladivostok
32 Pushkin Street, Vladivostok, Russia 690000
Tel: (4232) 300-093; Fax: (4232) 300-092
e-mail: csvlad@online.ru

Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation (CIS-USA)
Boris Petrovich Alekseyev, President
3, Naberezhnaya Shevchenko, Moscow 121248
Tel: (095) 243-5514, -5470; Fax: (095) 230-2467

Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Stanislav Alekseyevich Smirnov, President;
Yuriy Nikolayevich Denissenkov, Head,
Sergey B. Kulyba, Expert on Accreditation, Protocol Department
6, Ilyinka Ul., Moscow 103684
Tel: (095) 929-02-86,-60,-61,-62,-63; Fax: (095) 929-0356

Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Eduard K. Rodkin, Director
22 Academician Pilyugin Street, Moscow 117393
Tel: (095) 132-0047; Fax: (095) 132-0029
e-mail: ext@mtpp.org

U.S. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL HANDLING BUSINESS ISSUES IN RUSSIA:

Contacts for the United States Commercial Service offices in Russia are found at the conclusion of Chapter IX of this report. Other potentially-useful contacts follow below:

U.S. Embassy in Moscow:

James F. Collins, United States Ambassador to Russia Novinsky Bulvar 19/23.
Tel: (095) 252-2451; Fax: (095) 956-4261
After-hours (emergencies):
Tel: (095) 252-1898 or 255-5123.

--Edgar Fulton, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs
Ulitsa Bolshaya Molchanovka 23/28, Moscow 121069
Tel: (095) 737-5030; Fax: (095) 737-5033

--Michael Matera, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs
21, Novinskiy Bulvar, Moscow 121099
Tel: (095) 956-4220; Fax: (095) 956-4146

--Geoff Wiggin, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs
21, Novinskiy Bulvar, Moscow 121099
Tel: (095) 956 4103; (502) 221 1245
Fax: (095) 975 2339; (502) 224 1356

--James Wallar, Treasury Attache
21, Novinskiy Bulvar, Moscow 121099
Tel: (095) 956-4258; Fax: (095) 956-4146

U.S. Consulate-General - St. Petersburg Ulitsa Furshtadkskaya 15
Tel: (812) 275-1701; Fax: (812) 110-7022
After-hours emergencies:
Tel: (812) 274-8692 or 271-6455.

U.S. Consulate-General - Vladivostok
32 Pushkin Street
Tel: (4232) 268-458 or 300-070;
Fax: (4232) 300-091 or 300-072

U.S. Consulate-General - Yekaterinburg
15A Ulitsa Gogolya, 4th Floor
Tel: (3432) 564-619 or 564-691; Fax: (3432) 564-515.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Dennis B. Cooper, Senior Representative
C/O American Embassy, Brussels
27 Boulevard du Regent, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 322 508-2700; Fax: 322 230-06428
Tel: (095) 956-4036; Fax: (095) 956-4293

Washington-Based U.S. Government Contacts for Russia:

Business Information Service for the New Independent States (BISNIS)
Anne Grey, Director
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm.7413, Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-4655; Fax: (202) 482-2293

U.S. Department of Commerce -- Market Access and Compliance
Russia and Independent States Division
Jack Brougher, Director
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm.3318, Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-3952; Fax: (202) 482-3042

U.S. Bureau of Export Administration (Re: export controls)
Export Counselling Division
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm.3898, Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-4811; Fax: (202) 482-3911

U.S. Export-Import Bank
David Fiore, Loan Officer
811 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20571-0999
Tel: (202) 565-3815; Fax: (202) 565-3816

Overseas Private Investment Corporation
1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20527
Tel: (202) 336-8618; Fax: (202) 408-5145

U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Kelley Ann Szalkowski, Country Manager for Russia
U.S. Department of State, SA-16, Rm.301
Washington, D.C. 20523-1602
Tel: (703) 875-4357; Fax: (703) 875-4009

U.S. Department of State, Office of Russian Affairs
2201 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20520
Tel: (202) 647-6747; Fax: (202) 736-4710

U.S. Agency for International Development
Office of Privatization and Economic Restructuring
Washington, D.C. 20523
Tel: (202) 736-4410

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Russian Area Officer
14th St. and Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel: (202) 720-3080

Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)
Liesel Duhon, Director
U.S. Department of Commerce, Rm.3006, Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-0073; Fax: (202) 482-4098

U.S.-Based Multipliers and International Organizations with Interests in Russia:

U.S.-Russia Business Council
Eugene K. Lawson, President
1701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 650, Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 956-7670; Fax: (202) 956-7674

American-Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Helen Teplitskaya, President
200 World Trade Center Chicago
2400 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 60654
Tel: (312)-494-6562; Fax: (312) 494-9840

Russian-American Chamber of Commerce
Deborah Palmieri, President
6200 South Quebec St., Suite 210, Englewood, CO 80111
Tel: (303) 689-8642; Fax: (303) 689-8762

Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation
Carol Vipperman, President
1932 First Avenue, Suite 803, Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: (206) 443-1935; Fax (206) 443-0954

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Richard Kirchhoff, Executive Vice President
1156 15th Street, N.W. Suite 1020, Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 296-9680; Fax: (202) 296-9686

The World Bank and
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Department of Commerce Liaison
Eric Weaver, Senior Commercial Officer
Janice Mazur, Commercial Liaison
Office of the U.S. Executive Director
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433
Tel: (202) 458-0120/0118/1954; Fax: (202) 477-2967
Eric.Weaver@mail.doc.gov or Janice.Mazur@mail.doc.gov

International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Mark Constantine
1850 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433
Tel: (202) 473-9331; Fax: (202) 676-1513
Moscow Office: Roger Gale
6, Neglinnaya St., Moscow
Tel: (095) 928-5328; Fax: (095) 927-6832

Office of Multilateral Development Banks,
U.S.& Foreign Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room H-1107
Washington, D.C. 20230
Tel: (202) 482-3399; Fax: (202) 273-0927

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Gene Harris, U.S. Department of Commerce Liaison
Office of the U.S. Executive Director, EBRD
One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2EH, United Kingdom
Tel: 011-44-171-338-7532; Fax: 011-44-171-338-6487