Utah Governor Gary Herbert welcomed the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. His Excellency Sergey Kislyak. This mid-November event was the first official visit of the Russian Ambassador to Utah since 1995, facilitated by the Associate VP of Utah Valley University, Honorary Consul General of the Russian Federation Dr. Rusty Butler. H.E. Sergey Kislyak had a very comprehensive [...]
(SALT LAKE CITY) – The Utah business community recently hosted a week long Russian Legislative Delegation including regional, municipal and federal legislators that visited Utah to learn about accountable governance and state legislatures. The program was administered by the National Peace Foundation and included legislators representing Izhevsk (sister city of Salt Lake City), Bryansk, Perm [...]
By Jason Stout, Governor’s Office of Economic Development (PDF Version) “If you do business in Russia you will lose your entire investment. You will be constantly harassed by the mafia and the KGB will imprison you without hope of parole.” At least that is what the headlines coming out of Russia would have us [...]
(Salt Lake City) – On Dec. 15th, the World Trade Center Utah, GOED, the Salt Lake Chamber and representatives of the Utah business community hosted His Excellency Vladimir N. Vinokurov, Consul General of Russia in San Francisco. This was Ambassador Vinokurov’s first trip to Salt Lake City, although he previously visited several of Utah’s scenic [...]
Elizabeth Goryunova (WTCU Executive VP & COO) has just returned from a trip to Moscow, Russia, where she met with the leaders of the World Trade Center Moscow to discuss future collaboration between the WTC Moscow and the WTC Utah. WTC Moscow was represented by Mr. Vladimir Schedrov, Deputy Director General, MrYury Lavrik, Director [...]







