Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 1, 1990 TAG: 9006010361
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHALOTTESVILLE LENGTH: Medium
Vladimir Kurilov, the school's president, and Alexander Korobeev, dean of the law school, are traveling outside their country for the first time.
Their university is located in Vladivostok, a closed city that was once completely off-limits to foreigners because it is the home port for the Soviet Pacific fleet. The city is in a region bordered by China and North Korea.
The trip was arranged by lawyer Robert Brumley, who met the men in Vladivostok as part of his work in international trade, Soviet Union and Pacific Rim practice. Brumley has taught at their law school.
The pairs' itinerary includes visits to the state's Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason, Old Dominion, Washington and Lee, the University of Richmond and the College of William and Mary before they return home at the end of next week.
Soviet students and faculty who come here most likely will be interested in business training, said Paul Stephan, a UVa law professor who specializes in Soviet law and is among those meeting with the men.
"There is no business expertise as such in the Soviet Union outside the underground economy," Stephan said.
American scholars could study "the standard problems you have in doing business with the Soviet Union," he said - issues such as technology transfer, intellectual property rights and labor law.
Soviet workers have "a lousy life but tremendous job security," he said, and Soviets are most concerned with problems of employee motivation and management.
The timing of the Soviets' trip here was coincidental to Gorbachev's.
by CNB