Russian Civilisation

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How to deal with Russia? It is the major issue for French companies which are trying to expand in this country. How to understand its way of doing business, how to behave with the Russian businessmen? To be able to create a real commercial link with Russia today, it's necessary to understand and be familiar with its history, customs and basic values. I will thus compare the basic values of Russia and France, trying to point on the differences. I will then explain the history of economic relations between France and Russia to understand the previous relationships of these two countries. The comparison of historical cultures between transitional Russia and France highlighted their cultural differences. Now that the Cold war is over, the Iron Curtain disappeared and Russian society and culture has become open to western influences.

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[...] Russian Civilisation How to deal with Russia? It is the major issue for French companies which are trying to expand in this East country. How to understand its way of doing business, how to behave with businessmen? To be able to create a real commercial link with Russia today, it's necessary to know its history, customs and basic values. I will thus first compare the basic values of Russia and France, trying to point on the differences. I will then explain the history of economic relations between France and Russia to understand the previous relationships of these two countries. [...]

[...] Russia represents an incontestable strategic partner thanks to the modernization of the society. Consumers begin to have the same demand as in Western Europe. Concerning the tourism sector, we can see that Russia is also an emerging market: the growth of visitors always raise ( In France, about Russian visitors came in 2006 and a lot of rich Russians entrepreneurs are setting up in France) French exports to Russia grew more than 10% in 2005 but despite this increase in trade, the trade deficit continued to widen because of the high price of raw materials. [...]

[...] People, and so businessmen, are used to obey to rules and to not try to change them, to act in a rude way while trying to deal with progress and western evolution and values. With all these information, the point is just to try to understand the history and to adapt itself to Russian customs (presentation, politeness, obedience, hierarchy But the real way to do business is to come in Russia and discover by yourself . Bibliography Internet www.russie.net www.googleimages.fr www.latribune.fr www.diplomatie.gouv.fr www.lemonde.fr www.doingbusiness.org www.wikipedia.fr Books Serge Berstein / Pierre Milza: History of the 20th century, tome and 3. Mira Bergelson researches Dr. [...]

[...] History of economic relations As Russia had few partnerships with western Europe, before one century ago, it's difficult to get information about the late history. Relations seemed to start in the XIth century with the wedding of Anne of Kiev with Henri the first, which as the first real link between France and Russia. From the XIth century to the 19th century, it seems to have very few exchanges between these two countries. From 1867 to 1917, France helped financially Russia to grow. French investors, subscribed shares of the French savings). [...]

[...] But in 1918, Russia decided to cancel all the loans because of the rubles devaluation. It created a kind of tension between these two countries but however, France accepted to recognize USSR in 1924. About 10 years ago, Russia signed a statement trying to repair their debts it proves that Russia wanted to create stronger links with France. The USSR became the third industrial force in the world in 1937 producing and selling coal and iron. In 1942, Russia joined the alliance” against the Axe, reinforcing the links with East Europe, but after the end of the war, Russia took away from East Europe, and thus began the cold war. [...]