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Monday, 21 January 2013 10:19 |
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Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the London Evening Standard and the Independent titles, has denied that his British publishing company is facing a financial crisis. In a Sunday Times interview, he said the legal and commercial problems facing his father, Alexander, in Russia will not affect the finances of his four UK papers. He confirmed that his father -... |
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Monday, 21 January 2013 08:12 |
No sudden moves are expected today on the markets as investors worldwide will mainly focus on general news background. Russian markets are expected to open in the red despite having closed in positive territory on Friday. Two key Russian indices finished in the green, with the RTS gaining 1.14% and the MICEX up 1.10%. Asian markets are higher today... |
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Sunday, 20 January 2013 16:00 |
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Russia's president can paint his critics as out-of-touch wannabe foreigners. Wine-quaffing liberals must refocus on equality As Russia celebrated Orthodox New Year last week, Vladimir Putin should have had more reason than most to hope for a fresh start. A December poll by the independent Levada Centre found that nearly 70% of Russians believe the... |
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Sunday, 20 January 2013 15:36 |
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Sergei Filin undergoes operation to save his sight as Russian police say they have made no arrests three days after attack Russian police have failed to find the person who threw acid in the face of the director of the Bolshoi ballet (video), more than three days after the attack in a Moscow street. Sergei Filin remains in hospital and has undergone... |
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Friday, 18 January 2013 17:41 |
China has released statistics on the income gap between rich and poor after keeping the figures secret since 2000. The wealth gap remained 'relatively large' according to officials. The China’s Gini coefficient, a measure of income disparity used by economists, was 0.474 in 2012, still “relatively large”, though down since peaking in 2008, accord... |
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 14:30 |
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116 years ago, Russia produced its first gold coins. On January 15, 1897, the Russian Empire switched to gold money, which marked the beginning of the era of economic monetary reforms conducted by Finance Minister Witte. As a result of those reforms, the gold ruble became the hardest currency in the world, pegged to gold reserves of Russia... |
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Wednesday, 16 January 2013 09:37 |
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The spring session of the State Duma started on Thursday. In the very beginning of the session a bill proposing to lift the ban on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens was introduced. This does not mean the abolition of the "Law of Dima Yakovlev," but only one of its articles. Some Russian deputies believe the entire law is questionable... |
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:40 |
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Leading European politicians and diplomats continue to discuss the possibility of introducing a visa-free regime between Russia and the EU. In December of 2012, European officials offered Russia to sign a new agreement that would simplify visa issuance. However, at the moment complete abolition of visas for Russians is not being discussed... |
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Monday, 14 January 2013 17:05 |
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On Sunday, January 13th, Moscow and several other cities of Russia held protest actions against the "Law of Dima Yakovlev". The formal pretext for the actions was not even the law per se, but the section of it, which refers to the ban on adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens. Not surprisingly, liberal oppositionists went to protest... |
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:09 |
The Russia-China investment fund pioneered by the two neighboring BRIC countries in 2012 is expected to become a trend with emerging economies uniting their efforts when the conventional powerhouses in the West seem to be fading away in the crisis. Kick started in June 2012 the Russia-China investment fund marked a new trend with sovereign funds ... |
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