This book is intended for business people who travel to Russia, as well as to a wide range of students of the intermediate-low level (after an elementary couser of Russian, as "Usskij Yazyk za 10 dnjej po-nobomu") in a Russian language curriculum designed for business communication. It can be used in a class setting or individually with a tutor.

Kniga prednaznachena dlja anglogovorjaschikh uchaschikhsja nachalnogo etapa obuchenija (A1, A2), zhelajuschikh poluchit navyki delovogo obschenija na russkom jazyke. Posobie uchit razlichnym formam delovogo obschenija v raznykh situatsijakh: delovye peregovory i perepiska, kontakty po telefonu, podgotovka dokumentov i mnogoe drugoe.
Avtory predstavljajut material kak kompleks situativnykh intentsij, a grammatiku — kak sredstvo obespechenija kommunikatsii. Kurs rasschitan na 200–250 chasov auditornoj i samostojatelnoj raboty.