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  • Economic Overview: A decade after the implosion of the centrally planned Soviet Union in December 1991, Russia is still struggling to establish a modern market economy, modernize its industrial base, and maintain strong economic growth. The period 1992-98 was marked by a poor business climate, a deterioration in already threadbare living standards, and failure to institute modern market reforms. Conditions improved markedly in 1999-2002, with annual output growing by an average 6% and with progress in structural reforms. Yet serious problems persist. Russia remains heavily dependent on exports of commodities, particularly oil, natural gas, metals, and timber, which account for over 80% of exports, leaving the country vulnerable to swings in world prices. Russia's industrial base is increasingly dilapidated and must be replaced or modernized if the country is to maintain strong economic growth. Other problems include widespread corruption, lack of a strong legal system, capital flight, and brain drain. CIA Factfile
    
• Government
  • Russian Federation official site
  • Embassy of the Russian Federation in the U.S.
  • The Duma Russian parliament
  • St. Petersburg's Official Web Site
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• Business
  • Travellers Yellow pages
  • Moscow Stock Exchange
  • Official site of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce
  • The Russian Central Bank
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
  • The Russian Tourist Office
  • World Wine Russia 2004 2-4 June 2004 A joint initiative between Brintex, organisers of the London International Wine & Spirits Fair and ITE Group, the world’s leading event organiser within emerging markets and organisers of World Food Russia.
    
• Culture
  • The Moscow Expat Site

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• Radio/TV
  • Russian News from the BBC
  • WRN On Demand: Russia  Streaming audio on demand in English and Russian.
    
• Newspapers
  • Izvestia - Moscow
  • Moscow Times - Moscow
  • The Russia Journal
  • Moskovskij Komsomolets

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