Doing Business in Russia. Котова К.П - 30 стр.

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1) I work …….Manders. 2) She has been ………Manders ………years. 3) He’s
……….the Production Department. 4) I’m ……….fashion design. 5) I’m
……….the recruitment side.
VIII. Pick out passages from the text showing in what ways some deputies make
      their money.
IX.   One famous business person said “There is not a single honest business-
      man in Russia that has never stolen.” What do you think about it? Do you
      think a business can be one hundred percent honest?


                                      UNIT 7
Pre-reading tasks
I.    Check up and transcribe the following words and collocations in a dic-
      tionary:
1) implementation of the law of bankruptcy; 2) state debtor enterprises; 3) com-
mercial competition; 4) to take responsibility for unpaid debts; 5) the sale of en-
tire properties; 6) to pin one’s hopes; 7) the enterprise is declared insolvent; 8) to
appoint a manager; 9) to run the enterprise; 10) to stem the tide of bankruptcies;
11) criterion for insolvency is very vague; 12) to be on the verge; 13) to prevent
bankruptcy; 14) diversification; 15) to seek hidden possibilities; 16) to stash
away for a rainy day.
II.   What is bankruptcy? What can make a company go bankrupt?
III. Read through the text.
              There will be no Large-scale Bankruptcy in Russia
       MN correspondent Andrei Denisov interviewed Sergei Belyayev, Direc-
       tor-General of the Federal Department of Insolvency (bankruptcy).
      Recently the government came to a decision on the implementation of the
law on bankruptcy, and a presidential decree is expected soon on the sale of
state debtor enterprises. What can you say about these decisions?