MOSCOW, OCTOBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. President of Troyka Dialog Group Ruben Vardanian is one of the top twenty business leaders in Russia. Kommersant newspaper has published for the tenth consecutive year the list of "highest leaders" in business sector. The top twenty include the cream of Russia's business circles, Yerkramas paper reported. Another 8 Armenian businessmen are on the 2009 rating list of 1,000 business managers engaged in various sectors of the Russian economy. They are Mikhail Poghosian, Director General of Sukhoy company; Rafael Akopov, President of Prof-Media Management company; Sergey Aslanian, President of Sitronix Group (IT sector); Vahagn Martirosian, Director General of Centertelecom (communication sector); Alexander Arutyunov, President of Inturist company (sector of services); Daniel Khachaturov, President of Rosgosstrakh; Sergey Sarkisov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of RESO-Garantia company; and Ruben Aghanbekian, President of Renaissance Capital company. The rating was done by the principle "the best select the best", that is the survey was conducted among well-known businessmen.

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