RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SETS UP STATE COMMITTEE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.

In order to promote the expansion of small businesses in theprivate sector, the Russian government has established a new statecommittee for small businesses, Ostankino reported August 15.Its new chairman, Vyacheslav Prokhorov, said that among the manygood things about small businesses is that unlike major firms,they pay their taxes on time and in full.