Your plane ticket costs $1500. Your family, friends, boss or business partner may be hit for $1.6million to ensure your release and freedom which is, without doubt, priceless.
You may want to read:
"News of a Kidnapping" (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)' before even contemplating a business venture.
Before even stepping foot on a plane, organize your security for your business trip.
Your life will not be safe unless you do.
If you choose to work in a high risk business world, don't leave your hotel in Russia without a bodyguard or two.
If you want to have the success without the risk follow a few simple rules.
Make sure the eyes in the back of your head are in perfect working order!
For business tactics:
"Passport Russia: Your Pocket Guide to Russian Business, Customs & Etiquette (Passport to the World)" is very useful, however, your personal safety and security is of paramount importance.
Read: "The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror"
In today's Mother Russia, kidnappings are a common occurrence.
They are done in the name of Islam and that evil commodity called Money.
-Yvonne Bornstein, Author, "Eleven Days Of Hell- My True Story Of Kidnapping, Terror, Torture and Historic FBI and KGB Rescue"
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
Destiny's Daughter by Frances Altman highlights events in the life of Mary Edwards Walker, maverick suffragist, Civil War doctor and only woman Medal of Honor recipient.
My memories as an immigrant professional woman in Ottawa, Canada 47 years ago. A new life after having survived the liberal war of a new country Bangladesh on December 16, 1971.
