Local business leaders welcomed Yuliya Sergeyevna Krivonosova, Sergey Yevgenyevich Polukarov, Ivan Svyatoslavovich Kulyaytse, Yelena Grigoryevna Sobinova, Sergey Aleksandrovich Takhtamyshev and Anna Valentinovna Avinskaya to Eureka Springs from Russia. These emerging leaders visited to gain exposure to the US system of democracy and free enterprise.