Grant Produces jobs in Russia.

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The State of Alaska will receive nearly $750,000 from the federal government to continue initiatives in the Russian Far East that assist Sakhalin to make the transition to a free market economy and create jobs for Alaskans, Gov. Tony Knowles announced recently.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is awarding Alaska a new two-year $745,835 grant, to be administered by the Alaska Division of International Trade and Market Development, which will...