OREANDA-NEWS. January 30, 2007. Last year saw the celebration of "100 years of Ford in Russia" with Raiffeisenbank serving as the General Partner of Planet Auto, the official Ford dealer in Chelyabinsk, reported the press-centre of Raiffeisenbank.

The drawing to determine the winner of the main prize, a cash award of 100,000 rubles dedicated to Ford's 100th year in Russia, was broadcast live on the Vostochniy Ekspress television channel on January 26.

According to Shukhrat Sobirov, the director of Raiffeisenbank's Southern Urals branch, participation in events of this kind has become a fine tradition: "We provide continuous support to Planet Auto in joint test drives and presentations of new automobiles. As a result, we currently have over 500 clients who acquired automobiles through Raiffeisenbank's lending program".