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02.06.2008, 16:03
The Soviet engineer that announced triumphantly: “I’ve designed the biggest microchip in the world!” was playing a part in the comedy of errors that brought the Soviet Union to its collapse. That’s according to Ben Lewis, an award-winning dire
23.10.2008, 10:31
Let’s remember the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98. Policies called ruinous ten years back are our only hope today. Throwing money at the crisis can only work if everyone simultaneously does the throwing – and that lea
27.10.2008, 14:00
It appears that Russians prefer to fight the global credit crunch with a good laugh.
29.10.2008, 06:24
‘We will make them fit for communism’ – that's what Bolshevik leaders thought when they created the youth organisation Komsomol 90 years ago. Back in the days of the Soviet Union, October 29 was an official holiday for its members.
Published: 29 November, 2008, 10:18
While unfettered capitalism is said to be behind the global financial crisis, its alternative is being showcased in Moscow this weekend. Russia's Communist Party is holding a two-day congress to discuss a solution to the world's credit crunch.
