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23.01.2009, 20:10
Ukraine and Gazprom signed a peace deal this week, but experts say new gas price is too high for Ukraine’s economy and expect Kiev to make further attempts to renegotiate the contract.
23.01.2009, 12:36
A report in Britain’s Financial Times suggests that a remuneration dispute is delaying the expected announcement of Denis Morozov as CEO of TNK-BP.
22.01.2009, 21:47
VTB's worse-than-expected 3Q 2008 results saw its share price take a 12% hammering on Thursday. But analysts suggest the results at VTB may be just a sign of things to come for the rest of the banking system.
25.06.2010, 12:11
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Due to its unshakeable commitment to materialism and individualism, Americans now find themselves passengers on a spiritual shipwreck that perhaps only the Russian soul can salvage.
24.10.2009, 10:12
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Russia’s high yield of grain crops this year are giving managers of storage facilities a headache. Low prices are keeping traders from selling grain, meaning there's too much stock.
24.03.2010, 10:31
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The world may have been brought crashing to its knees by the economic crisis, but some say we have not seen anything yet.
01.10.2010, 01:31
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Scientists say they have found a planet with the right conditions to sustain life. A Russian company is working to build a space hotel and Virgin says it should be ready for space tourism flights in 18 months.
28.08.2009, 17:30
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The number of poor people in Russia has risen by 1.5 million people and now amounts to 24.5 million – which is more than 17 per cent of the country’s population, the Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat) says.
14.05.2009, 22:57
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“Russia is going to ensure its security through higher living standards and the increased competitiveness of its economy,” says Yekaterina Kuznetsova, of the Moscow centre for studies of post-industrial societies.
19.10.2009, 10:28
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Russia has one of the biggest immigrant populations of any country in the world and they are vital for the country's economic well-being. Despite this, many native Russians remain opposed to the idea of foreign workers.
Published: 24 January, 2009, 10:42
Russia’s once-bulging state coffers are melting – with almost one-third gone as of January – and just under $400 Billion remaining. Experts are watching exactly how the government spends the windfall money.
