Omsk Is Looking Past Sibneft To Bring Home Region's Bacon, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

From: The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) | Date: January 22, 2002 | Copyright information

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LUZINO, Omsk Region - Can a former giant Soviet enterprise in a remote corner of western Siberia make competitive products that meet international standards? One might think this is as likely as pigs flying. But top breeding pigs have been flown from Britain and Canada to Omsky Bacon, the agricultural holding based in the Luzino district on the outskirts of Omsk, the capital of the Omsk region. It tops the Agro-300 list of the country's largest and most efficient agricultural producers. Unlike most agricultural enterprises across Russia, which are rundown and smelly, the air ...

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