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13.11.2008, 20:48
Thursday saw Russian stocks on the receiving end of yet another beating, as the overnight selloff on Wall Street washed over Asia, combining with plummeting crude prices to provide another pummeling for Russian investors. The only upside was that after a
27.11.2008, 15:13
US investment bank Morgan Stanley is shedding one in four jobs at its Russian office in a bid to cut costs, Russian daily Vedemosti reports.
11.12.2008, 06:35
Russia’s commodity-based economy is struggling as oil prices plunge 70% from record levels in July, and experts anticipate a sharp rise in unemployment early next year.
11.12.2008, 14:53
Russia may halve the labour quotas for CIS migrant workers next year as pressure mounts to protect jobs for Russian citizens.
08.02.2010, 03:19
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For 40 years the US was the dominant economic power, but today China and India are emerging and there is a complete change internationally, former World Bank president James Wolfensohn told RT at Davos.
03.02.2010, 15:07
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Russia’s ruling United Russia party has said they may demand the resignation of the Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov over his criticism of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s policies.
12.11.2009, 14:36
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On Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his second address to the nation’s parliament, The Federal Assembly. He touched on urgent problems society currently faces, and spoke of pragmatic solutions.
12.01.2010, 20:57
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The number of registered unemployed in Russia will reach 2.2 million this year - according to the government's forecast.
11.10.2009, 13:00
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“Crisis or no crisis”, Russia’s budget must continue to fund social programs until acceptable standards of living are achieved, President Dmitry Medvedev said during an interview with Russia’s Channel One.
14.10.2009, 19:30
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Leading Asian nations are in Beijing to weigh up how to mutually boost their economies, as well as work out how to combat security threats in the region.
Published: 11 December, 2008, 17:39
Up to 250,000 jobs could be lost in Russia in 2009 according to Mikhail Shmakov, the head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia.
