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RUSSIA News, Oct 20, 2011


Russia's Putin Says Eurasian Union May Be Created In 2015
Wall Street Journal
PETERSBURG (Dow Jones)--The Eurasian union embracing former Soviet states may be created in 2015, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Putin called for the creation of a Eurasian union to be built on the base of the existing Customs ...
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'Faberge at The Frick' displays more than 100 pieces from the Russian masters
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Marylynne Pitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette nside a pink granite building in St.Petersburg, Russia, four creative men revolutionized the luxury goods market in the late 1800s. Young, gifted and obsessed with artistic design, they were the Fab Four of...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Russian activists urge Rutte to act against corruption
Radio Netherlands
Russian human rights activists in Moscow on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Mark Rutte to uphold Dutch ethical norms in doing business with Russia. Mr Rutte is on a three-day visit toMoscow and St Petersburg. The Dutch prime minister is being ...
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8 Tips for Expats to Get the Most Out of Russia
The Moscow Times
... of most Russians are from those in your Moscow office. St. Petersburg is the obvious starter, but Vladimir and Suzdal are closer and equally worth the trip. 3. Read up as much as you can before and during your stay on Russian and Soviet history. ...
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Snubbed by EU, Ukraine edges toward Russia
Khaleej Times
SAINT PETERSBURG — Ukraine agreed on Wednesday to take a closer look at joining a Russian-led customs union after getting snubbed by the EU over its jailing of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. The surprise announcement came a day after Russia's ...
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Russia's Internet audience at 60 million
The Voice of Russia
Leading in the number of users of the world-wide web are Moscow, Moscow region and St. Petersburg, which cumulatively account for more than 12 million people. Presently, four out of ten Internet users in Russia live in small towns and villages rather...
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The Voice of Russia
Walmart plans its Russian return
Moneycontrol.com
When Walmart bowed out of Russia empty-handed this December - eight years after it first began exploring the market and three years after it had opened a Moscowoffice - it appeared that the world's biggest retailer had finally met an emerging market...
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Moneycontrol.com
Russian admits to MP affair but denies being spy
Sydney Morning Herald
Miss Zatuliveter was a 20-year-old student at St Petersburg State University when she met Mr Hancock in 2006. She was a volunteer ''chaperone'', helping delegates at a Russia-European Union conference in Moscow and was assigned to the British ...
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Woman Left Blinded in One Eye Sues for Medical Malpractice
The Moscow Times
"They invest a lot of money on marble walls and shiny bathrooms, but it doesn't necessarily imply that their staff is top rate," she told The Moscow Times. "I have rather lost my faith in private health care in Russia." Kojevnikov, 67, has filed a ...
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Italian pasta maker De Cecco snaps up Russian group
Reuters Africa
The Russian acquisition gives De Cecco control of three factories based in Moscow, Smolensk and Saint Petersburg, with total output of 100000 tonnes a year, as well as a commercial and logistics outpost in the Russian capital. ...
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Russia Becomes Hilton Worldwide's Largest European Growth Market With ...
Drinks Media Wire (press release)
MOSCOW - (drinks media wire) - Hilton Worldwide today announced growth in its Russian presence, confirming four new hotel signings and potential for a further 11 as part of a multi-site development agreement. The four new hotel signings add almost 1000 ...
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International hotel brands moving into regional Russian Cities as ...
ITCM
Michael O'Hare said, “It is clear that the success of the hotel markets in the primary destinations,Moscow and St Petersburg especially, have given banks and developers the confidence to look actively at the other cities, all 37 of them, ...
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Carnegie Hall Voices: Clive Gillinson on Tchaikovsky and Gergiev
Carnegie Hall Blog (blog)
In 1891, Tchaikovsky made what—at that time—was a major journey, traveling from St.Petersburg to New York to perform at the opening of Andrew Carnegie's new Music Hall, a historic occasion that sealed Carnegie Hall's reputation from the start as the ...
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Carnegie Hall Blog (blog)
Mazda's new plant strategy: building for the future
Automotive World
All the new vehicle plants being built in Russia will be in or around St Petersburg, Moscow orKaluga (to the south of Moscow); by contrast, Mazda will reportedly build its new plant in theRussian Far East. The Russian deal has yet to be fully ...
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Northern Sea Route gaining cargo turnover
Barentsnova
Upon that, 3 diesel icebreakers and one nuclear icebreaker are to be constructed at the expense of the state budget in 2012-2014, as announced by Sergey Ivanov, Russian vice Premier, at Arkhangelsk forum. By 2020, Russia intends to construct three ...
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PLASTIC OMNIUM
Plasteurope
Key customers will include Avtovaz in Togliatti, Ford in St. Petersburg, Avtoframos in Moscow as well as the future production of Nissan and Renault. All in all, the two partners hope the new company will generate sales of EUR 25m in 2011.
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Nordavia's daughter to maintain its aircrafts
Barentsnova
Alongside with Arkhangelsk as a venue, main bases for Nord-Technik may probably get located in other cities like KrasnoyarskMurmansk, Moscow (SVO and DME), and St.Petersburg. The newly-appointed director of Nord-Technik is Semenov Andrey; ...
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Audubon society introduces new officers
Towanda Daily Review
Marsi also wrote a book about his travels to Russia entitled "Bridge to Borovichi." Borovichi, a city of about 50000, is located about halfway between St. Petersburg andMoscow and became a sister city of Binghamton in 1987. A friend of Marsi's invited ...
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Towanda Daily Review
Trophy tour finishes with flourish in Belgrade
UEFA.com
The 2011 trophy tour has attracted huge crowds along the way in St Petersburg and Moscow(Russia), Kyiv and Donetsk (Ukraine), and now Belgrade. The tour was launched to bring a once-in-a-lifetime football experience to the home towns of people who, ...
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AIR BERLIN : airberlin expands its Eastern European network »
4-traders (press release)
The number of passengers transported increased by more than 50%. airberlin wants to take part in this development and therefore, starting from the winter flight schedule, will be offering 50 flights per week to Moscow and St. Petersburg from Berlin, ...
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