Article: Privatization in the CIS. (Commonwealth of Independent States)

Investments in the former Soviet Union are on the block at a discount to their true value. But U.S. firms, uneasy about the region's volatility and a lack of financial data, remain on the sidelines. What will it take to lure them into the action?

Large-scale reforms sweeping the independent republics of the former Soviet Union pose a challenge to a new generation of politicians and entrepreneurs in the fledgling CIS. But Western investors, too, face a window of opportunity and a hard choice. They can cast aside their apprehensions about a market undergoing rapid transformation, and invest in a region with vast growth potential and a pent-up demand for everything from ...

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