STATESWOMAN. PBN President Susan Thurman has been elected to the National Board of Trustees of The Junior Statesmen Foundation. The Junior Statesmen of America is a student-run nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that teaches high school students in the United States about politics and governments.

Email Sue: susan.thurman@pbnco.com

For more information about The Junior Statesmen of America:http://www.jsa.org/

POLITICHESKI DEYATEL (OR STATESMAN). Paul Nathanson will be helping to promote democracy and the rule of law in Russia through his position on the International Advisory Board of the Moscow School of Political Studies. The school is dedicated to teaching young Russian politicians and future Russian leaders about principles of democracy and a civil society.

Email Paul: paul.nathanson@pbnco.com

For more information about the Moscow School of Political Studies: http://www.eng.msps.ru/

SPEAKING OF A CIVIL SOCIETY. PBN Kyiv has been hired by The World Bank's Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova office to assist with a media relations campaign in support of its Society Transformation Initiative.

Email Myron: myron.wasylyk@pbnco.com

AIR AND SEA WORTHY. The PBN Company has been retained by Transas (TRANsportation SAfety Systems), a St. Petersburg-based company that develops and supplies a wide range of IT solutions for maritime, airborne and ground transport. The company has offices in Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, the U.S., The Netherlands and France. PBN is assisting the company with business-to-business outreach in the U.S. and Western Europe.

For more information on Transas: http://www.transas.com/

RECOGNITION. PBN-DC received a Bulldog Award of Excellence in Media and Publicity for its work in support of an anti-dumping case before the International Trade Commission for the law firm of Willkie, Farr and Gallagher and a coalition of steel consumers. Congratulations Paul and Dara.

Email Paul and Dara: paul.nathanson@pbnco.com and dara.klatt@pbnco.com

THE DUO. Welcome to two new additions to PBN-Moscow. Tatiana Bessmertnaya and Galina Lyssenko have joined the firm to be part of the project team working on the U.S. Treasury Department's "New Color of Money" public education campaign in Russia.

Email the Duo: tatiana.bessmertnaya@pbnco.com, galina.lyssenko@pbnco.com

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - Anastasia (Nastya) Taratina has been named Director of Business Development for the firm's Moscow office. She is identifying emerging issues, companies and trends in the Russian market for the PBN global team. Congratulations Nastya!

E-mail: Nastya.Taratina@pbnco.com