Ed Ratnikov - is the President and founder of the Agency Talent Concert International (TCI) - Russian booking and promotion agency, was founded in 1995Ed Ratnikov had wide experience in promoting & touring before starting his own company. He was involved with the first shows of international artists in Russia: Monsters Of Rock (1991) at Tushino Airfield with Metallica and AC/DC, then went on to promote Sepultura in 1992 in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Riga and Vilnius, and after that toured the US with the American Jazz star, Stanley Clark.