A FIFTH OF THE PRODUCTION OF MUSCOVITE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE IS
ALLOTTED TO SMALL EMPLOYERS








MOSCOW, 11 March (of RIA Nowosti Korr.)  The Duma of the area Moscow,
the legislative meeting Muscovites of the surrounding countryside,
assumed a program of the development and support of small employers in
this region for the years 2001 and 2002.

According to specification of the government of the area the region
counted yearly passed after the status of the end more than 37,000
small businesses with insgesammt 440,000 persons employed, which
constitutes 18 per cent of the total number of the employed persons of
the area.  The small businesses manufactured products in a total value
of approximately 50 billion rouble or 1.9 billion US Dollar - 21 per
cent of the entire produktionsumfangs of the Muscovite surrounding
countryside.

The national support of small employers in the area takes place since
1997.  In the past space the number of the small businesses rose by 25
per cent and the number of the persons employed in these enterprises
by 45 per cent.

In opinion of the power structures of the area however this
Wirtschaftsektor is not yet sufficiently developed.  In the European
Union countries escapes about 45 to 50 small businesses to 1000
inhabitants, during in the Muscovite surrounding countryside only
five.