COMPACT-DISC "STATE & BUSINESS OF SOUTH OF RUSSIA" Dear Colleagues! I am glad to introduce our new Compact-disk “State and Business of South of Russia”, which was released in the frames of our regional series of directories. In the end of 2005 two book s have been released in regional series of directories “Maximov Publications”. These book s are devoted to Volga River Region and North-West. In the beginning of this year the book and the CD for Center of Russia was released. Initially we presumed to issue the 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”