Sunday, 02 December 2012 01:04 |
Western politicians and judges behave as if the rest of the world is not watching The folly as well as the malice of western politicians and judges lies in their parochialism. They behave as if the rest of the world is not watching; as if dictators and the leaders of oppressive movement are idiots from a Sacha Baron Cohen satire rather than the... |
Friday, 30 November 2012 16:02 |
Russian diamond company Alrosa will be supplying diamonds to world-known American company Tiffany & Co. The parties have recently signed a contract for three years, according to which Tiffany will be buying Russian diamonds for $60 million annually. How will the appearance of a world-famous competitor affect the domestic market of precious stones?... |
Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:19 |
Russia seriously considers an opportunity to take up the role of a supplier of organic products within the scope of the World Trade Organization. Russian lawmakers are working on the bill to support the production of organic agricultural products. This law will help Russian farmers enter the EU market with organic products... |
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:17 |
The project of Russia's first aircraft carrier has made a comeback from the 1980s. The design of the ship was created during the Soviet period. The colossus with the estimated displacement of about 60,000 tons does not use the technological achievements of at least 20 years, although there were many of them indeed.... |
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:23 |
A favourite of Russia and other post-Soviet countries, offshore accounts and companies have hidden the dealings by these businessmen, entrepreneurs and oligarchs These ownership details are being published in the interests of transparency. It is not suggested that the setting-up of such offshore companies was in itself illegal Evgeny Tikhonov
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012 19:21 |
The UK's approach has attracted many post-Soviet billionaires, including some on the run Britain's friendly regime of offshore secrecy has tempted an extraordinary array of post-Soviet billionaires to descend on London, sometimes to the sound of gunfire. Vladimir Antonov fled permanently to Britain after his father, Alexander, was gunned down in a... |
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:09 |
The case of Rasul Mirzayev, which was initially politicized in Russia, became even more politicized after the case was closed. On November 26th, the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow found the world sambo champion guilty of manslaughter by negligence and sentenced the athlete to two years in prison... |
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 15:39 |
(Image from http://www.vsmpo.com) The state corporation Russian Technologies (Rostekhnologii) is selling its 45.42% stake in VSMPO – AVISMA back to the titanium producer and Gazprombank for $970mln. That’s after Rostekhnologii made sure VSMPO had recovered from the crisis. Following the deal, Nordcom, a Cyprus-registered joint venture between the... |
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 15:11 |
(RIA Novosti / Aleksandr Kondratuk) Over a million Russians get a monthly wage of $148, most of them from the public sector, well below the $220 poverty line. 650,000 Russians out of 1.3 million living on the minimum wage work in the public sector, according to the country's Public Health and Social Development Ministry. The minimum wage is the ... |
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 14:59 |
Across the former Soviet Union harmful agricultural chemicals were either buried or improperly stored. Now the process of clean-up has begun At Tegul'det (population 3,000), a village in the south-east corner of Tomsk oblast, it takes a lot to upset the residents, busy hunting, fishing and preening their vegetable patches, except during the six... |
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