Doing Business in Russia. Котова К.П - 51 стр.

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VII. Match the words on the left to their equivalents on the right:
                 attitude                              venture
                 perfectly                             relation
                 relative                              concerning
                 enterprise                            to mention
                 to note                               to cancel
                 to abolish                            excellently


VIII. Give background information about:
a) the attitudes to foreign ownership of enterprise; b) the attitudes of entrepre-
neurs and managers; c) give examples of changes in opinion regarding foreign
capital.
IX.   Do you personally think it is acceptable to attract foreign investments to
      Russian Economy? Give your reasons in writing.


                                     UNIT 11
Pre-reading tasks
I.    Check up the meaning and transcribe the words and collocations in the
      dictionary:
1) trap; 2) snare; 3) conquest; 4) to lay claim; 5) social desperation; 6) local eth-
nic elites; 7) to compel “mother country”; 8) indigenous people; 9) to add to ten-
sion; 10) population density is very high; 11) urban dwellers; 12) traditional ru-
ral civilization; 13) economic reckoning; 14) sluggish civil war in the Caucasus;
15) to sever.
II.   Which of the following statements do you agree with (or disagree with).
1) Russia acquired potentially threatening imperial character in the 19 th century;
2) Russian policy in the Caucasus leads to disintegration of the whole country;
3) Russia balances on the verge of ethno-political stability;