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IEF:Ulmart chief says Russian East-West business more "balanced Dmitri Kostyguine, the chairman of Russia's leading online retailer, Ulmart, says the business environment is "somewhat more vivid today" than it was several years ago and that Russia is now "getting more balanced" in terms of its economic relations with both the East and the West. Kostyguine was speaking at Russia's showcase investment forum which kicked off in Saint Petersburg Thursday under the shadow of Moscow's standoff with the West over Ukraine and the country's economic crisis. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES