Updated June 1997

The Consortia of American Businesses in the Newly Independent States (CABNIS) was created to help U.S. firms establish business relations with entrepreneurs in the NIS. Through CABNIS, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued grants to 12 private-sector organizations to operate trade promotion centers in the NIS. The last of these grants expires at the end of 1997, although a number of the consortia will continue in operation after the expiration of their grants and will remain valuable contacts for NIS companies.

CABNIS grantees operate trade promotion offices in Russia and other NIS countries to support U.S. business and enhance private-sector development in the region. These offices represent the commercial interests of hundreds of U.S. firms that have expressed a desire to do business in Russia and the NIS. On-site, the grantees' office staffs provide a wide range of trade facilitation services to U.S. firms.

CABNIS grantees seek to promote effective relationships with Russian and NIS counterpart organizations and entrepreneurs. Each organization's staff works with NIS government decision makers, entrepreneurs, trade and professional associations, and academia to form meaningful business relationships, develop information on new trade opportunities, participate in the development of local industry and product standards, and promote U.S. investment in the private sector. Each CABNIS grantee conducts a wide variety of commercial and technical events that bring business people and academicians together on a frequent basis. By contacting the CABNIS grantees' local staff and pursuing involvement in CABNIS activities, Russian and NIS companies can build long-term business relationships with U.S. firms.

Contact Information
CABNIS grantees can be contacted at the following addresses and phone numbers:

American Agribusiness Equipment Consortium
(Active in Kazakstan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
James Roberts
1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 431
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202) 429-0500
Fax: (202) 429-0525

American Building Products Export Council and the Home Builders Institute
Michael McIntyre
Home Builders Institute
1090 Vermont Ave., N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Tel.: (202) 898-7706
Fax: (202) 898-7777

Eugene Shehktman and
Home Builders Institute
Marketing & Trading (CMT)
ul. B. Gruzinskaya 39/102
113191 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 254-8886
Fax: 7 (095) 952-6442

The American-Russian Technology Association (Information Technologies)
Leonid M. Tereschenko
American-Russian Technology Association
17a Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya
113447 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 5126-3476
Fax: 7 (095) 5127-1003

Food Processing Machinery & Supplies Association
Sacha Helfond
200 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314-2800
Tel.: (703) 684-1080
Fax: (703) 548-6563

Elena Trushina
Summit Ltd./FIITC
1st Tverskoi-Yamskoi per. 14, 14/36
125047 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 250-8036, or 250-5283, or 250-8288
Fax: 7 (095) 250-8317

Partners in Economic Reform (Coal Extraction Technology)
James Randolph, Director
PIER
1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202) 861-2866
Fax: (202) 296-1608

Christine Mulligan, Director
PIER Russia
15 Novy Arbat
Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 202-8234, or 203-0598
Fax: 7 (095) 203-0593

Valentin Tchoukhalov, Director (Acting)
PIER Ukraine
ul. Artema 60, Room 35
340000 Donetsk
Ukraine
Tel./Fax: 380 (622) 928-249

Dr. Victor S. Badaker
PIER Kazakstan
Samal 1, Apt. 85
480051 Almaty, Kazakstan
Tel.: 7 (3272) 532-824
Fax: 7 (3272) 532-567

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
H. Thomas Reed
805 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043-4080
Tel.: (415) 940-6926
Fax: (415) 967-5375

Allah Famitskaya
Office Manager
SEMI/MOSCOW
ul. Pushkinskaya 5/6
101520 Moscow, Russia
Tel./Fax: 7 (095) 292-2667

Telecommunications Industry Association
Kathryn von Forell
2500 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel.: (703) 907-7724
Fax: (703) 907-7727

Svetlana Piterceva, Managing Director
Novinsky Bulvar 11, Entrance 1, 3rd Floor
121099 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 255-4792
Fax: 7 (095) 252-5475

Virginia Commonwealth University (Biotechnology)
Dr. Jan Chlebowski
Life Science Commercial Gateway
P.O. Box 26991
Richmond, VA 23261-6991
Tel.: (804) 828-4884
Fax: (804) 828-6636

Moscow (temporary)
Dr. Iosif Rogov
Moscow State Academy of Applied Biotechnology
ul. Talalikhin 33
109818 Moscow, Russia
Tel.: 7 (095) 276-1910

St. Petersburg (temporary)
Dr. Mikhail Smirnov
Mayakovskogo 3, #38
199025 St. Petersburg, Russia
Tel.: 7 (812) 272-6734

World Trade Center Alaska/The University of Alaska (In the Russian Far East)
Robin Zerbel, Manager
World Trade Center Alaska
421 West First Avenue, Suite 300
Anchorage, AK 99501
Tel.: (907) 278-7233
Fax: (907) 278-2982

Todd Crossett, Director
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Office
Troika Alaska
Kommunistichiskiy Ave. 32, 511
693000 Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk, Russia
Tel./Fax: 7 (42422) 735-26
International Tel.: 7 (509) 951-509
International Fax: 7 (509) 951-511
E-mail: 74531.2107@compuserve.com

Nina Troussevskaya, Office Manager
Troika Alaska Commercial Center
ul. Muravyova-Amurskovo 32, k. 319
680000 Khabarovsk, Russia
Tel./Fax: 7 (4212) 338-847
E-mail: 73751.1307@compuserve.com