You are invited to attend a series of lectures and interviews on the Russian business environment. The interviews will be conducted by graduate students in the course RSSS/ENTR 545: Doing Business in/with Russian: Intercultural Competence and Communication. These interviews and lectures will be of great interest to the entire community and especially those interested in doing business in/with emerging markets of Russian, Brazil, India, China (the BRIC economies).

This series of interviews to  take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 27 to April 19 is sponsored by the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program

This series is open to the UA community and public interested in business in/with BRIC emerging economies.

The third interview of the series will be with Viktor Raykin, Vice President of International Projects and Chief Hydrogeologist  AATA International Inc. Raykin specializes in environmental and social consultancyin the areas of management, permitting, and technical services for natural resource development projects worldwide including Russia and many countries of the Former Soviet Union.