25.05.07

For Immediate Release

Alinga Consulting Approved to Perform Audits of USAID Funds

Moscow, Russian Federation, May 25, 2007 - Alinga Consulting has been approved to perform financial audits of organizations who have recieved funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Chet Bowling, managing partner for Alinga, states, "Alinga Consulting Group is pleased and honored to be working with an agency as vital and globally respected as USAID and looks forward to what promises to be a lasting and successful relationship."

Alinga Consulting Group was founded in 1999 by a small international team of professionals that had been working in the Russian market since 1992. Today, as increased foreign investment has increased demand for professional accounting and audit services, Alinga has kept pace with a range of solutions for the smooth financial operations of businesses in Russia. Alinga Consulting Group provides clients with practical experience, professional know-how, and confidentiality through reliable and cost-effective business support services and development strategies. For more information on Alinga Consulting please visit the company web site at www.acg.ru.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an agency of the U.S. Government whose mission is to implement the U.S. Government's economic and humanitarian assistance programs over 100 countries. As part of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, USAID/Russia works with the Russian people to create a society where citizens take an active part in a democratic society and ample opportunity to improve their well being and standard of living in a market economy. For more information please visit http://russia.usaid.gov.

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