According to the ranking of British company Brande Finance Sberbank (Russia’s largest bank) is the most expensive Russian brand in 2011 with the value of about 12 billion dollars taking 65th rank in the top 500 brands of the world (58^th rank in 2010).

Also the following companies from Russia are included in the rating:

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Tags: Russian brands

Truthful animation video about the difficulties that may face foreign businessman in Russia.

Tags: animation · difficulties · investments

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works plant or Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Kombinat (MMK) is the largest plant in Russia of such kind located in Magnitogorsk city. Here is a nice video of the plant in the production process.

Tags: Magnitogorsk city · MMK

Siberian entrepreneur Sergey Benke made the following mobile Russian banya (sauna) by his own hands. It is very popular among lumberjacks, hunters and tourists.

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Tags: banya · Siberia

The proverb of never putting off till tomorrow what you can do today is not about the following people. It is the line of business owners to Moscow city tax office #46 to re-register their enterprises (the deadline is at the end of 2009).

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Tags: Moscow · Taxes