Introduction
This series of interviews with American, Russian and Ukrainian business professionals, economists, and journalists has been prepared by Dr. Maria Shardakova for an advanced Russian language course SLAV-R472 “Business Russian."
The project has been sponsored by the IU Ostrom Grant (2013). First and foremost, we would like to thank all interviewees who participated in the project for sharing their insights and expertize. The completion of this project could not have been accomplished without the help of Mila Nazyrova (OSU), Natasha Branch (IU), Valentina Filimonova (IU), Blake Hamilton (IU), Ala Simonchyk (IU), and Jill Neuendorf (Georgetown U).