Hi, Bob maybe you find it interesting and/or worth posting 8) Victor. December 7 Russian "Airspace Technology" corporation announced starting of $10mln investment in PayCash payment system. PayCash is a Russian project, developing David Chaum "digital cash" payment technology. PayCash owns 3 patents on technologies used in system and has offices around exUSSR (www.paycash.ru) and in Boston (www.cyphermint.com). Airspace Technology corporation was founded in November, 1998 by Resolution of Government of Russian Federation Federal Program of Restructurisation and Conversion of Defense Industry. Corporation includes 24 enterprises, which are the largest producers and creators of aircraft instruments and systems for aircraft industry. Corporation considers Paycash as a possibility to enter new market and its plans are considerably wider than only financial support of the project. Victor Dostov vd@mailbox.alkor.ru --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'