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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.
12.03.2010, 14:39
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Russia's budget deficit in January and February reached $6.6 billion, according to the Finance Ministry. The government hopes to limit the annual deficit to about 7% in 2010 and fill the gap between income and spending.
01.06.2009, 22:02
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The international monetary fund has issued a new forecast for the Russian economy for this year. It's predicting a sharp contraction, but there's some good news amongst the grim statistics.
19.03.2010, 13:31
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President Medevev has announced during a speech to young scientists that Russia is to build its equivalent of Silicon Valley in the village of Skolkovo near Moscow.
29.09.2009, 20:04
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Russia is preparing for a new wave of privatization according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The move could help not only improve Russia’s budget outlook, but also its image.
18.12.2009, 11:24
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Vladimir Putin has ordered an extra $700 million to be pumped into the country’s aircraft manufacturers.
20.02.2009, 17:58
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The stimulus package developed by the Russian government looks good on paper, but implemention is too slow, according to the Russian President, addressing the State Council assembly which took place in Eastern Siberia.
12.01.2010, 12:11
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The Moscow hotel market has been one of the fast growing markets in the world. A huge deficit of rooms and rising demand has allowed existing hotels to monopolize but the crisis may have had some positive effects.
22.01.2010, 17:03
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A sharp rebound in commodity prices has seen Fitch Ratings move Russia’s credit rating from negative to stable, as PwC says Russia could become the largest European economy in two decades.
11.05.2010, 13:59
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Business RT spoke with Chris Weafer, Chief Strategist at Uralsib about the decision by Eurozone nations to agree to a €750 billion bailout mechanism to protect the European currency.
Published: 18 June, 2009, 04:08
Barack Obama has proposed the largest overhaul of American finance since the Great Depression. But as he plans to increase regulation and government oversight of the financial sector, some economists remain skeptical.
"However, critics fear the reforms will only lead to additional state intervention." ---Yeah, now that it's their turn to sacrifice. They were certainly not worried about 'state intervention' in September and October of last year when they got billions of taxpayer dollars!