Sep 24, 2004. /Lesprom Network/. Ilim Pulp CEO Sergey Kostylev occupies the 35th position (5750 total score) in the '1000 most professional managers' rating prepared by the Russian Association of managers and Kommersant publishing house. Sergey Kostylev occupied the highest position among timber sector top-managers. Kotlassky CEO Yuri Zayats – 67th position (5381), Arkhangelsky CEO Vladimir Beloglazov – 70th position (5363), Kondopoga CEO Vitali Federmesser - 87th position (5256). The following timber sector managers were included in the top 1000 managers of Russia: Solikamskbumprom president (Perm region) Viktor Baranov (4739 total score) Igirma Tairiku (Irkutsk region) CEO Iosif Podashev (4665) Ust-Ilimsky CEO Vladimir Batishev (4619) Mayak mill (Penza region) CEO Vasili Vdonin (4470) Neusiedler Syktyvkar (Komi Republic) CEO Rinat Starkov (4415) Pitkyaranta pulp mill (Karelia Republic) CEO Stepan Khomyakov (4285) Solombalsky (Arkhangelsk region) CEO Nikolai Lvov (4185) Maryisky (Mari El Republic) CEO Alexander Stashkevich (3915) Shatura furniture company (Moscow region) CEO Valentin Zverev (3890) Naberezhnochelninsky (Tatarstan Republic) CEO Sergey Titov (3880) Bumsnab (Nizhny Novgorod) CEO Alexander Dmitriev (3835) Engelsskaya furniture mill (Saratov region) CEO Alexander Nosko (3835) Baikalsky (Irkutsk region) CEO Georgy Trifonov (3750) Karellesprom (Karelia Republic) CEO Nikolai Bobko (3635) Elt group of companies (Moscow) CEO Igor Khripkov (3585) Dyadkovo timber-processing mill (Bryansk region) CEO Sergey Avdeed (3158) Mebel and Furnitura (Moscow) CEO Andrei Bunov (3158) Segezhsky (Kareli Republic) CEO Vasili Preminin (3139) Arkhangelsky veneer mill (Arkhangelsk region) CEO Klavdi Burchalovsky (3128) Aviaagregat Saint-Petersburg cardboard and polygraphy (Leningrad region) CEO Sergey Kuznetsov (3128) Zarya furniture mill (Mari El Republic) CEO Vladimir Eremeev (3064) Chudovo RVS (Novgorod region) CEO Vladimir Antonov (3000) According to the authors of the rating, the directors of timber, timber-processing and machinery building enterprises are most drastically losing their positions. The number of prizewinners in transport, communications and building is also declining. The structure of Russian economy is gradually nearing to the Western one – financial and service sectors are on the rise.