COMPACT-DISC "STATE & BUSINESS OF VOLGA RIVER REGION" Dear Colleagues! I am glad to introduce our new CD “State and Business of Volga River Region”, which was released in the frames of our regional series of directories. Our constant subscribers know that in June 2005 “Maximov Publications” released a printed directory “State and Business of Volga River Region”. Actually, initially we presumed to issue the regional series in the format of a printed edition only, but we got much more information that it is impossible to put in the book in the whole volume. Found ourselves in front of the necessity to sacrifice our work and quality information, we preferred to carry out a selective inquiry of our constant subscribers and based on its results we made the decision to issue the editions either in printed or in electronic formats. As far as the content is concerned, the printed and the electronic directories don't differ from each other. Naturally the information on the disk is substantially more detailed. Besides that, in sections of electronic editions there are many hyperlinks to the companies' and organizations' sites for those who work on-line. Altogether in 2006 seven CD directories will be released for all federal areas of Russia. Dates of their release and additional information you can find in our publishing plan. I wish you success and hope for our further effective collaboration! Sincerely, Anna Shemyakina Regional CD-Directories Editor “Maximov Publications”