
PRIME is a major information and analytic agency, focusing on real-time distribution of financial and business information.
PRIME's key products include real-time newswires, feature stories, industry-specific newsletters, sections with reliable analytical reports and financial estimates, estimates of economic policies, businesses, and different industries, as well as software for online electronic trade.
The agency produces several specialized newswires in cooperation with Dow Jones Newswires. PRIME has developed its own database on Russian business entities, which includes information on 6 million companies, over 1,000 insurance firms, around 2,000 banks, as well as information on all Russian regions and 1,066 cities.
PRIME is authorized by Russia's Federal Service for Financial Markets to disclose information. The agency also distributes official publications by the Central Bank of Russia. The number of visitors of PRIME's Web sites amounts to about 10 million per year, generating over 50 million hits.