How to build an international business in Russia For more than 20 years, I, Flemish by birth, Belgian by citizenship, have been working in Russia and, you will laugh, I do not give bribes. Yes, if my company Emerson Process Management, which owns the Metran plant in Chelyabinsk, which produces unique measuring instruments, system control and software for various industries, paid bribes, we would sell products 25-30 percent more.