A civilized world-class market cannot be built without energetic efforts to improve corporate management. This is particularly topical for Russia, since it only has several years to catch up with countries that have been traveling down the same road for centuries. The level of Russia?s economic development, its image abroad and its ability to attract investment depends on the ability of Russian companies to work effectively.
A civilized world-class market cannot be built without energetic efforts to improve corporate management. This is particularly topical for Russia, since it only has several years to catch up with countries that have been traveling down the same road for centuries. The level of Russia?s economic development, its image abroad and its ability to attract investment depends on the ability of Russian companies to work effectively.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.