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Vladimir Zamaratskii 



They've just stopped financial benefits for us, they only 

 loan us 80 to 85 percent under the commercial credit. Everything 

 is very expensive. The tractor that I received from the 

 Peasants' Union was very weak, his tractive class was 6.6. Last 

 year I bought a new tractor, a strong one, 14th class, and I 

 spent a million and a half of my commercial credit. Today this 

 tractor cost three million. 



Victor Simutin 



We have two farms. Victor Zamaratskii and I started 

 together and will continue together, because I don't think you 

 stand a chance to survive by yourself. 



Vladimir Zamaratskii 



Other farmers are companions for me, we help each other with 

 equipment, people. It is necessary to help each other, mutual 

 assistance is very important. 



Victor Simutin. Then shots of fields, cow-sheds, pigties, 

 animals. 



Three of us are dreaming, we want to open a processing 

 plant, a little plant at least, to process meat and milk — 

 that's our dream. We would like to ask somebody to help us. 



Now that referendum is going on, everyone forgot about 

 farmers. And Yeltsin and his apparatus per se, are paying too 

 little attention to farmers' needs. 



Vladimir Zamaratskii 



.Our country is exploding. People's conditions are very 

 difficult and we know that we, farmers probably won't get more 

 assistance from the government. But we hope that American 

 farmers and American congressmen would be interested in helping 

 us to build these mini-plants, help us with investment and also 

 assist us in getting established and help feed our country. 



Victor Simutin. Then his Voice-over shots of work inside 

 agricultural complex. 



Last year we had some good news, we were told that America 

 will allot us pedigree horned cattle for our farms. We hoped 



