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The Business Information Services for Newly Independent States (BISNIS) Program ended effective March 31, 2008. The U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, together with the U.S. Embassies in Russia, Western NIS, the Caucasus and Central Asia, will continue to work with U.S. companies interested in opportunities in the region. For more information , please contact the U.S. Trade Information Center at 1-800-USA-TRADE or visit www.export.gov.Alternatively, below are listed a number of other useful resources.
BISNIS Audio/Video Hub.. Giving you a virtual seat at all of BISNIS's worldwide events and conferences.
In our continuing effort to make BISNIS-generated information available as widely as possible, all BISNIS briefings are open to the interested public and audio/visual transcripts are generally available at this central location
Available BISNIS AV Content
Date Event Title Industry Focus Country Focus
August 1, 2007  BISNIS Interview Tomsk Innovation Support Center  Business Opportunities  Russia 
June 20, 2007  BISNIS Briefing with the Georgian Minister of Economic Development  Business Opportunities  Georgia 
April 11, 2007  Financing Deals and Investing in Eurasia  Banking and Finance  Eurasia 
April 10, 2007  Business Opportunities in Afghanistan and Central Asia  Multiple  Afghanistan and Central Asia 
February 1, 2007  BISNIS Hosts Georgian Minister of Agriculture  Agriculture  Georgia 
February 1, 2007  Business Environment in Uzbekistan: Recent Legal Developments  Business Opportunities  Uzbekistan 
January 26, 2007  BISNIS Interviews Consul General of the United States in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Mr. John Stepanchuk  Business Opportunities  Russia 
January 25, 2007  Discovering Trade and Investment Opportunities in Moldova  Business Opportunities  Moldova 
January 1, 2007  Interview with David Amaglobeli, Vice President, National Bank of Georgia  Banking and Finance  Georgia 
December 1, 2006  Interview with Mr. Oleg Kiselev, Director of Novosibirsk Leasing Company  Leasing  Russia 
October 20, 2006  BISNIS Hosts Mayor of Tbilisi  Business Opportunities  Georgia 
September 1, 2006  Nizhny Novgorod & Kazan Trade Fairs  Business Opportunities  Russia 
September 1, 2006  Tariff Rates in Turkmenistan  Agriculture  Armenia 
August 16, 2006  Commercial Briefing by the Hon. Anne Elizabeth Derse, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan  Business Opportunities  Azerbaijan 
July 11, 2006  BISNIS Hosts Azerbaijani Minister of Communications & Information Technologies and IT Delegation  Telecommunications and IT  Azerbaijan 
June 15, 2006  Business Environment and Investment Opportunities in Georgia  Economy & Finance, Government Policy  Georgia 
June 2, 2006  AUTOSIB - International Automobile Industry Exhibition and Interview with Autoraid, Novosibirsk  Automotive  Russia 
May 1, 2006  Siberia Investment Climate: Opportunities for US Companies  Business Opportunities  Russia 
April 4, 2006  Business Opportunities in Afghanistan & Central Asia  Multiple  Afghanistan & Central Asia 
March 22, 2006  BISNIS Hosts Minister of Industry of Tajikistan  Multiple  Tajikistan 
March 14, 2006  BISNIS hosts the Honorable Zamira Sydykova, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan  Kyrgyz Market  Kyrgyzstan 
March 1, 2006  Russia's Appetite for Coffee: How a U.S.-owned Coffee House Tackled the Siberian Market  Restaurants and Cafes  Russia 
September 1, 2005  Interviews with BISNIS Representatives from Nizhny Novgorod (Upper Volga Region), Samara (Lower Volga) and St. Petersburg (NW Russia)  Multiple  Russia's Regions 
September 1, 2005  Coscom and the Mobile Market of Uzbekistan: Interview with Abraham Smith, Project Manager, MCT Corp.  Telecommunications  Uzbekistan 
July 17, 2005  Venture Capital Investing in Russia and Siberia: Private U.S. Perspective (BISNIS Interview with Cole Management Inc.)  Banking and Finance  Russia 
June 10, 2005  Servicing the Automotive Market in Siberia: BISNIS Interview with Autoraid, Novosibirsk  Automotive  Russia 
April 19, 2005  Economic Policy and Business Development in Georgia - a briefing by the Georgian Ministers of Finance and Economic Development  Economy & Finance, Government Policy  Georgia 
April 1, 2005  Banking Developments in Azerbaijan: BISNIS Interview with Faik Huseynov, Chairman of the Executive Board of Unibank  Banking and Finance  Azerbaijan 
March 1, 2005  Leasing Market in Novosibirsk, Russia - Interview with BISNIS Search for Partners participant, Mr. Oleg Kiselev, Director of Novosibirsk Leasing Company  Leasing Market  Russia 
February 1, 2005  Business Environment in Uzbekistan: What Should U.S. Companies Know and Prepare For? - Interview with the President of AmCham/Tashkent, Mr. Donald Nicholson  Business Opportunities  Uzbekistan 
February 1, 2005  Labor Market Realities in Novosibirsk, Russia - BISNIS Interview with Mr. Ilgiz Valinurov, Owner and Managing Partner of "Business Connection" Recruiting Agency  Investments  Russia 
January 5, 2005  Business Briefing by Senior U.S. Diplomats in Georgia and Azerbaijan  Commercial Opportunities  Georgia and Azerbaijan 
December 1, 2004  BISNIS Interview: Novosibirsk Small Business Development Center  Small Business Development  Russia 
December 1, 2004  BISNIS Search for Partners (SPK Technika, Kemerevo, Russia ) : Director's Interview and Company Tour  Manufacturing  Russia 
November 1, 2004  BISNIS Interview-Baqqollik: Consumer Goods and Grocery Market in Uzbekistan  Consumer Goods  Uzbekistan 
October 1, 2004  BISNIS Interview: Capital Markets of Uzbekistan - Alternative Sources of Funding Local Projects  Banking  Uzbekistan 
April 5, 2004  Demystify of the Asian Development Bank - Interviews with Senior US Department of Commerce and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Executives  Finance  Eurasia 
April 4, 2004  BISNIS Search for Partners (Azel Electronics- Baku, Azerbaijan): President's Interview and Facilities Tour  Electronics  Azerbaijan 
January 9, 2004  Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Ambassadorial Briefing on Non - Oil & Gas Sector Developments  Oil and Gas  Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan 
November 13, 2003  BISNIS Director Interview with EBRD First Vice President, Noreen Doyle  Finance  NIS 
November 11, 2003  Financing in Eurasia: An Update from ExIm, OPIC and Delta Capital  Finance  Eurasia 
October 27, 2003  Russian Health Care Briefing  Health Care/Pharmaceutical  Russia 
October 20, 2003  US Ambassador Briefing: Business in Kyrgyzstan  Business Opportunities  Kyrgyzstan 
October 1, 2003  Interview with the Chairwoman of the National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Tajikistan  Small and Medium Enterprises  Tajikistan 
October 1, 2003  Interview with Tajik General Director of a Telecom Company  Telecom  Tajikistan 
June 23, 2003  Discussion with Albina Nikkonen, Executive Director of the Russian Venture Capital Association (RVCA)  Finance  Russia 
June 18, 2003  Georgian Success Stories and New Business Opportunities  Business Opportunities  Georgia 
June 2, 2003  Presentation on Tajikistan Hosting Ambassador Zaripov of Tajikistan  Business Opportunities  Tajikistan 
May 16, 2003  BISNIS Staff Briefing by Ambassador Steve Mann  Oil & Gas  Azerbaijan 
March 1, 2003  Consultancies and the EBRD: Navigating for US Firms  Consultancy  USA 
October 1, 2002  US, Central Asia and Turkey: Strategic Commercial Partners  Business Opportunities  US, Central Asia and Turkey 
July 25, 2002  Agribusiness in Georgia: Potential for US Georgian Cooperation  Agribusiness  Georgia 
June 19, 2002  Delta Capital Chairwoman, Patricia Cloherty  Investments  Russia 
April 1, 2002  TransTelecom  Telecom  NIS 
February 22, 2002  Business Oppoptunities in Armenia and Georgia  Finance  Armenia and Georgia 
February 11, 2002  Business Opportunities in the Uzbekistan Telecom Sector  Telecom  Uzbekistan 
February 8, 2002  Honorable Mikhail Prusak, Governor of the Novgorod Region  Business Opportunities  Russia 
January 1, 2002  Official Uzbekistan Trade Mission to Madison, WI  Business Opportunities  Uzbekistan 
September 19 until October 4, 2002 Interviews with Russian Local Business Businessmen and Officials Multiple 10 cities in Russia's regions
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