OREANDA-NEWS. September 28, 2009. Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Oleg Deripaska, CEO of Basic Element Company. They discussed the impact of the financial crisis on the economy of Russia, situation in its industrial and financial sectors as well as measures that country undertakes to overcome the crisis.

Oleg Deripaska also informed Minister Mentor that he is going to attend the Russia-Singapore Business Forum, which will take place in Singapore on September 27-29, 2009.

Lee Kuan Yew was the Singapore Prime Minister in 1959-1990 and is widely credited as the architect of Singapore's economic miracle.