Russian businessmen and former government officials at Newsmaker, Nov. 18, to discuss U.S. relations

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet-American alliance in World War II, a panel of high-level Russian businessmen and former goverment officials will tell a 3 p.m. Newsmaker November 18 of their Washington meetings with American counterparts to discuss cooperation in political, business, economic, defense and other areas.

They will also discuss what they see as new challenges and threats facing both countries. The panelists will be David Yakobashvili, Chairman of the Russian-American Business Council; Evgeny Savostiyanov, Vice Chairman of the Center for Rusisia-USA Rapprochement; and Sergey Rogov, Director of the Institute of US and Canadian Studies.

Peter Hickman, [email protected]