Services

PlanetInform

(from left to right)
Dr. Oleg V. Yuferev, Ph.D. CEO & President of Biznes-Karta Group
Prince Alphonse-Louis de Tran de Vinh, M.S. Director of Marketing & Business Development, PlanetInform 
Dr. Violetta Yufereva, PhD. Vice-President, PlanetInform
Count Vladimir S. Tolstoy-Miloslavsky. Trustee

PlanetInform is the American representative for a group of companies whose business focus is to connect you with your potential clients and partners in Russia/CIS. We’ve been serving for twenty years companies and organizations engaged in Eurasia’s emerging markets.

Russia/Eurasia Market Research Service  
Our commercial think tank. Works with business analysts and government experts--aiding them with sophisticated business intelligence. Runs our enormous statistical information bank--invaluable for those with keen interests in specific market niches (Examples: “Trends in wine market in Siberia” or “Tea market: retail trade in Moscow”).
Publishes annually several reference series:
- Statistical Business Profiles for Russia/CIS (25 volume set)
- Market Forecasts for Russia’s Federal Districts (8 volume set)
- Investor’s Handbooks for Russia’s Federal Districts (8 volume set)
Per request, our think tank does customized research and creates detailed reports for clients.
Brief history: Established in 1987 as creator of economic development plans for regions and republics of the USSR. Our clients include: the Russian Federal Government; the Analytical Department of the Russian State Duma; the Analytical Department of the Council of the Russian Federation; International government organizations; national and corporate libraries.

Business Information Agency “Biznes-Karta”
Does original research used for our 12 business databases which it also runs and updates. Examples:
-  “Russia/CIS & Baltic States Business Partner Finder” (Database is thoroughly updated on ongoing basis. Culled of unreliable entities, the database contains at the moment 240,000 active businesses).
- Boutique databases for exporters such as this unique “Database of Russia/Eurasia Buyers Seeking Scarce Products & Materials from Western Sources.”
- Global Trade Leads (3,2 million companies in 60 countries)
- Extensive collection of business directories in both print and digital format.
Brief history: When the Soviet Union collapsed, efforts began to develop a free economy to replace the old planned economy system. Many companies were placed in a desperate situation. In one instance they lost their old suppliers and clients. They had a vital need to find new partners and establish new distribution systems.  This was not going to be easy. As a result, today’s giants of Russian business – both new entrepreneurs of the past two decades as well as famous companies which celebrated their 120th jubilee –have dropped by our Moscow office just to say “Thank you. You were with us. Your reference books helped us grow our business from scratch.” In Russia/CIS, our clients include: IMF, World Bank, City Bank, Pepsi-Cola, Bosh, Atlas Copco.

Business Center
Assists U.S. and International companies with practical services and logistics when they operate within Russia/Eurasia market.
Services provided includes:
- Helping U.S. and international companies develop strong retail/wholesale distribution systems
- Connecting U.S./International clients to local/regional service centers for customer support 
- Direct Marketing/Telemarketing
- Trade shows (unique services available for clients new to Russia/Eurasia markets)
- Advertising (in industry-related reference books and Internet resources groups of your clients look at)
 Brief history:
The earliest clients to use our services were Mersedes-Bentz and McDonald’s. Subsequent clients have included the U.S. Embassy; the French Embassy, the film company of celebrated director Nikita Mikhalkov; Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov
— plus thousands of local and foreign companies.