Russia: Prospects for Economic Renewal

This paper compiles highlights from remarks by participants at the U.S.-Russian Business Dialogue on May 17, 2000. Participants include: Charles Kolb, President, CED; Robert Legvold, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; George Russell, Jr., Chairman, Frank Russell Company; Peter Charow, Executive Vice President, EastWest Institute and former Vice President for commercial development and Chief Representative, BPA Exploration for BP Amoco in Moscow; Scott Blacklin, President, American Chamber of Commerce; Bernard Sucher, Troika Dialog; Aleksandr Surikov, Economic Senior Counselor, Embassy of the Russian Federation; John Price, Managing Director, Chase Manhattan Corporation; Eugene Lawson, President, U.S.-Russia Business Council; Doug Gardner, Partner, Arthur Anderson, Moscow; Jack Brougher, Director, Russia and Independent States, U.S. Department of Commerce; and John H. Schmidt, Director, Russian Cooperation Program, Boeing.