Soviet Union supplier

Fur farming, or raising animals in captivity under controlled conditions, started in Canada in 1887 on Prince Edward Island. Fur farmers customarily crossbreed and inbreed animals to produce furs with desirable characteristics. The silver fox, developed from the red fox, was the first fur thus produced. Today, so-called mutation minks, ranging from white to near black and from bluish to lavender and rosy-tan colors, each with exotic trade names, are raised on thousands of fur farms, as are chinchilla, nutria, and fox. Fur-farmed animals provide a steady supply of fine-quality, well cared for pelts. The main suppliers are North America, the former Soviet Union, Scandinavia, and Poland. 

The decisions on building the current NPPs in Finland were made in late 1960 s - early 1970 s. At that time, the prospects for nuclear energy were very promising and spent fuel was regarded as an asset due to the worth of its plutonium and uranium as nuclear fuel. Accordingly, the contract for the supply of the Loviisa NPP included clauses for the return of spent fuel to the supplier of the fresh fuel in Soviet Union. Though no such stipulations included in the supply contracts for the Olkiluoto NPP, it was taken obvious that the operator would later make contract with a French or British reprocessing company. 

The ancient Greeks knew of asbestos as early as the first century A.D. the name comes from the Greek word for inconsumable. But asbestos did not find commercial use until it was used for packing and insulation when the steam engine was invented. Currently the world s leading suppliers of asbestos are Canada and the former Soviet Union. 

Antinony Oxide is a white, odorless, fine powder. It is usually produced by roasting ores such as stibnite (antimony sulfide) or by oxidizing antimony metal. The principal ore deposits in the world are found in China, South Africa, Bolivia, Mexico and CIS (formerly USSR). China has been the dominant supplier of the world s antimony raw materials in the 1980 s and early 1990 s. However, after the collapse of Soviet Union, CIS has begun to play a more important role in the world antimony market. 

The security of energy supplies constitutes the cornerstone of the security of any nation. The recent history of relationships between the Western countries and countries in the Middle East provides a sound proof thereof. Proceeding from the experience of over-dependence on the energy supplies from the Middle East the United States and the European Union have set a rule of having at least three suppliers as a pre-condition for assuring their energy security. This scheme has proved itself to be a very effective mechanism for several decades. But, this is not the case for countries within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - in the post Soviet space. 

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