Doing Business in Russia. Котова К.П - 40 стр.

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XI.   The chairman of the Mineral Resources committee named coal rather than
      oil or gold – the main source of wealth both for now and in the long run.
      Why? What do you think about it?


                                    UNIT 9
Pre-reading tasks
I.    Find out the meaning of the following words and collocations, transcribe
      them with the help of a dictionary:
1) illegal use of investment; 2) state oriented credits; 3) currency circulation;
4) corruption in the government bodies; 5) unlawful seizure of property;
6) bribe-taking; 7) controlling package of shares; 8) check up of suspicious
deals; 9) false payment papers; 10) today counterfeit banking guarantees have
become popular; 11) unlawful receipt of easy credits and their improper use;
12) laundering of money; 13) graft; 14) the issue of ready money; 15) clearance
accounts; 16) collapse of financial payments.
II.   Find a fact (or facts) to prove that urgent measures should be taken on the
      part of the state to stop economic crimes in the country.
III. Do you think Russian economy is crime ridden?
IV.   Read through the text.
                          Economic Crimes Flourish
         The illegal use of investments and state oriented credits, il-
         legal operations in the field of currency circulation, corrup-
         tion in government bodies, abuses in foreign economic ac-
         tivities – such are the main crimes that have been committed
         in the past six months.
      Below Viktor Ageyev and Alexander Goloviznin, senior inspectors for
specially important affairs at the Main Directorate on Economic Crimes of the
Ministry of internal Affairs, explain what new crimes have appeared, and how
the old ones have been perfected.