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RUSSIA News, Sep 09, 2011


Analysis: Downing Street ready to move on from Litvinenko poisoning
Telegraph.co.uk
It will be the first bilateral visit between leaders of the two countries since Tony Blair attended the G8 summit St Petersburg in 2006. At the time relations were warm between Moscow and London, which had seen a state visit by then President Vladimir...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russia puts squeeze on Ukraine over gas
Kyiv Post
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, and Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller seen visiting the Portovaya gas compressor station outside Vyborg, some 170 kms (105.64 miles) northwest from St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. ...
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Russia counts the cost of drinking
Financial Times (blog)
However, in big cities like Moscow and St Petersburg employers have begun sacking workers whose performance is inhibited by drink. The problem is more acute in Russia's so called mono-towns, where the local economy is dependent on one industry and ...
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'Russian Anne Frank' diary published
Telegraph.co.uk
The diary of a teenage Russian schoolgirl who lived through the Nazi siege of Leningrad seventy years ago has been published for the first time, sparking comparisons with the diary of Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank. By Andrew Osborn, Moscow Historians ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Russia's Top Online Retailer Secures $100 Million Funding
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Ben Rooney OZON.ru, Russia's leading online retailer, and described as the country's Amazon, has closed a $100 million round, the Moscow-based company announced today. It is the largest private investment the Russian eCommerce market has seen to ...
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Medvedev appeals for ethnic tolerance
Financial Times
Ethnic riots last December were sparked by the murder in Moscow of an ethnic Russian football fan by a gang from the north Caucasus. Dozens were injured in Moscow and St Petersburg during weeks of sporadic violence. Since then, mainstream political ...
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Russian and foreign investors about the future St. Petersburg skyline
The Voice of Russia
Roman Rosenthal, general director of Mirland Development Corporation said it planned to invest $1.5 billion dollars instead of a previously planned 1.7 billion roubles in construction of a new development in St.Petersburg's Moscow District including ...
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The Voice of Russia
Moscow Biennale Art Performance Brings Attention to Victims of Racist Violence
Human Rights First
McKay was astonished by the positive reception and the “spirit of sympathetic appreciation” he encountered in the post-Czarist Russia. “And so, to the Russian, I was merely another type, but stranger, with which they were not yet familiar,” he wrote, ...
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Festival of Indian Culture in Russia
Russia & India Report
A festival of Indian Culture in Russia will be held from 17-30 September 2011 across Moscow, St.Petersburg and Kazan. The Festival is being organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian ...
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Moscow on high
Tne Moscow News
The complex includes two towers, named Moscow and St. Petersburg, that include 101440 square meters of apartment space. The Moscow tower is 73 stories high, while the St Petersburg tower is slightly smaller, at 52 stories. The sky scrapers, which are...
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Tne Moscow News
Optogan set to launch €30 LED bulb
Optics.org
Available initially in the company's home city of St Petersburg and also Moscow, the E27 bulbs will go on sale at a price of 995 Rubles (around $33). OptoGaN says that it will then introduce the bulb to the global market in early 2012 at a price of ...
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JSC Sitronics UK Regulatory Announcement: Half-yearly Report
Business Wire (press release)
The first stage involved the setting up of the EMC Avamar back-up system for the Moscow branch of Comstar-Regions, which was followed by the setting up of the same systems in Yekaterinburg, SaintPetersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Tyumen, Saratov, ...
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RK Marketing strengthens Russian ties to Mediterranean buyers
FreshPlaza
... from Russia were mainly importers of fruits and vegetables. In October 2011 theRussian delegation will include a large group of representatives of major retail chains from Moscow, St. Petersburg and various regions of the Russian Federation. ...
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Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova's Art Island Begins to Take Shape in St ...
ARTINFO
"If everything works out, St Petersburg will suddenly become a center of contemporary culture and contemporary art, and will go along the path of Venice," Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the State Hermitage Museum, said at a meeting of Russian ...
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Tom Brady who? NFL is ignored in Europe
newjerseynewsroom.com
In St. Petersburg, Russia, hockey and football are popular, but again it is not the kind of football which Americans dote upon during the fall and early winter. In a town where McDonalds, Coca Cola and other American “Icons” are accepted, the National ...
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Eastern Property Holdings Declares US$ 5.00 Cash Dividend - Interim Financials ...
Reuters (press release)
... Property Holdings Ltd. is an SIX Swiss Exchange-listed real estate development company focusing on Russia. The company holds interests in office, residential, retail and parking properties and developments, principally in Moscow and St. Petersburg. ...
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Performer profile: Music is way of life for Larisa Denman
Baxter Bulletin
Larisa has traveled a long road from St. Petersburg in Russia to the Ozarks. Throughout her journey, music was key to her life. It still is, even in tough times. "Music has helped me in my life, in every country," said Larisa, who first began playing ...
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Hockey Hearsay
Sportsnet.ca
He'd read my book (A King in Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League) and he said, 'Kinger, tell me about Pterodactyl Air.' ” “I told him, 'Brad, the one thing I've got to be honest and tell you is the one that made me nervous over there was the ...
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Kapo opens fashion store at Ekaterinburg
DFNIonline.com
... previous duty-free shop in the terminal, which opened when Kapo was awarded the duty-free concession at the airport in March that year following a competitive tender. Ekaterinburg is the third-largest city in Russia after Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Transaero Airlines Results for January-July 2011
RusTourismNews
Transaero maintains scheduled flights from hubs in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where its head office is located, as well as from Yekaterinburg. Transaero was the first Russian full service airline to introduce e-ticketing in March 2007 and the first ...
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What's Happening this Weekend Sept. 9-11
Patch.com
Sisemore will have just returned from his latest river cruise adventure, the Volga River in Russia. He will describe what it was like to follow the path of Peter the Great from Moscow to St. Petersburgand into the heart of Russia. ...
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Pirog vs. Martirosyan clash stirs major interest
PanARMENIAN.Net
“Moscow and St. Petersburg were vying for the right to host the match. Yet, Pirog chose his native city, Krasnodar, as the venue,” allboxing.ru cited Sergey Kostenko as saying. On September 25, Dmitry Pirog will defend his WBO middleweight title ...
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PanARMENIAN.Net
NBA limbo gives foreigners reason to go home
FS Arizona
One player going that route is center Nenad Krstic, who -- instead of shopping for another NBA team now that his contract has expired -- has signed a two-year deal with CSKA Moscow. Krstic was part of the Boston Celtics' return in last season's trade ...
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Fitch Affirms Two Russian Foreign-Owned Banks
Cbonds. Info
Fitch Ratings-Moscow/London-08 September 2011: Fitch Ratings has affirmed two Russian foreign-owned banks, ZAO Danske Bank's (ZDB) and SEB Bank JSC's (SEBR) Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB+' with Positive Outlooks. ...
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Moscow on high « Russian News From Russia
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Originally hyped as the hub of Russia's proposed international financial center, the Moskva-City construction stalled due to a lack of funding during the 2008 crisis and has been moving at a snail's pace ever since. ... already fully functional, including four with residential sections. Real estate agents say there are currently 150 apartments up for sale in the Moscow-City skyscrapers. All are glass-fronted and feature stunning panoramic views over the city. St. Petersburg on your doorstep ...
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