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The Moscow Times was the only newspaper represented at the Russian-American Business Summit where Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama spoke July 7

July 7, 2009 -- The Moscow Times published a special full-color issue of the newspaper timed to coincide with the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Moscow on July, 7, 2009.

The newspaper was presented at the Russian-American Business Summit, which was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) at the Manezh Exhibition Hall. The forum drew more than 700 key representatives of Russian and international business, the political elite and nongovernmental organizations.




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Community Bulletin Board

02 October 2008Unknown
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Community Bulletin Board is published every Tuesday. Please submit notices of up to 40 words by noon Thursday.
E-mail community@imedia.ru,
call +7 (495) 234-3223 or
fax +7 (495) 232-6529.

SOUTH AFRICANS in Moscow. If you wish to learn about the activities of the South African community in Moscow please send your contact details to scatterlings.moscow@gmail.com

MoscowArtClub will hold ARTFUL ADVENTURE SUNDAY for families and children on Oct. 12. At Romonov Dvor exhibition hall, 4 Romanov Per. www.moscowartclub.narod.ru For information e-mail moscowartclub@narod.ru

The HASH HOUSE HARRIERS, a drinking/social club with a running problem, meet every Sunday at 1 p.m. near Mayakovskaya metro station to run in a local park. Everyone is welcome. Runs average 40 minutes to an hour at a gentle pace. Drinks after. Cost $6 per person. For more information, contact tel. 8-985-364-9936 or visit www.moscowharriers.itgo.com.

The MOSCOW ORATORIO SOCIETY will begin rehearsals (Wednesday evenings) in September for a holiday concert of Handel's Messiah and other seasonal music. All voice parts welcome. Great chance to join a group of singers from Russia and 15 other countries. Write carol@irex.ru or visit www.moscoworatorio.com

The RGGU AMERICAN CENTER needs donations: Don't throw away stuff you can't take back home. Instead, donate it to RGGU's Russian-American Academic Center for American Studies. We need books, magazines, CDs. For more information, contact Lauren or Lena at tel. 250-6862 or e-mail: amcenter@rsuh.ru.

THE EXPAT OVER 30S FOOTBALL (SOCCER!) LEAGUE is looking for new players to join one of eight teams playing weekly on the full-size indoor pitch at Dynamo Stadium. Games are 11-a-side with pro referees, fully sponsored kits and Powerade. If you're 28 or over and have played before, please contact Nick Rees at nickrees99@yahoo.com.

Fancy a game of rugby followed by a cold beer? Join the MOSCOW DRAGONS RUGBY CLUB, Moscow's expat rugby team! We welcome players of all abilities and social members. For more information, contact us at contact@moscowdragonsrfc.com or visit www.moscowdragonsrfc.com

The CINEMA CLUB at the Italian Cultural Institute regularly show the best contemporary Italian movies. This is a wonderful chance to see films unavailable in Russia. The films are introduced by native speakers and followed by discussions. Entrance is free. For more information and the program, contact e-mail cultura.iicmosca@esteri.it or visit www.iicmosca.esteri.it.

The EXPAT FIELD HOCKEY CLUB invites women and men to play hockey every Saturday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Sokolniki Football Training Center (M. Sokolniki). Beginners welcome. Sticks provided. 250 rubles. For more information, contact Vineet Arora, tel. 768-7317 or e-mail varora@ricalewis.nsv.ru.

NEW ZEALAND NATIONALS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS: New Zealand is holding a general election on Saturday, Nov. 8. Overseas voting starts on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Please refer to the embassy's web site www.nzembassy.com/russia for further information.

The WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CLUB is open to all women who are ready to have fun playing a bit of unprofessional football every Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. near Aeroport metro station. For more information, contact Natalie at jennylynn@mail.ru.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES



ST. ANDREW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH MOSCOW, 8 Voznesensky Per. (M. Okhotny Ryad). Sunday: Holy Communion at 8:30 a.m., Sung Eucharist at 11 a.m. with creche for young children. Wednesday: Holy Communion is at 7 p.m., followed by a Bible study and Prayer Group. For more information contact Fr. Simon on 629-0990 or www.standrewsmoscow.org.

MOSCOW PROTESTANT CHAPLAINCY at St. Andrew's Anglican Church, 8 Voznesensky Per., meets every Sunday at 3 p.m. Childcare is provided during the service and we also offer Sunday School. A youth group for 7th-12th graders meets after the service. We also have a number of midweek programs. For more information call 143-3562.

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 9/3 Nagatinskaya Ul., (M. Nagatinskaya, Kolomenskaya). For more information, call 499-725-5398. Sabbath School begins on Saturday at 11 a.m., church service starts at noon. Services are held in English and Russian.

OUR LADY OF HOPE meets on Sundays in English and French at 12:15 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church, 27 Ul. Malaya Gruzinskaya (M. Barrikadnaya) and in English at 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays at 7/4 Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Bldg. 5, Pod. 3, Flat 42 (M. Kievskaya). For more information call Fr. Michael at 243-9621.

The MOSCOW ENGLISH CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES meets in the Kingdom Hall at 36 Ul. Mikhalkovskaya on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 10 a.m. For more information, contact tel. 456-1280 or e-mail jw_moscow@yahoo.com.

The INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY offers English-language services at 11 a.m. on the third floor of 2A Shchyolkovskoye Shosse, M. Cherkizovskaya. Translation is available into Russian and other languages on request. There is a Sunday School for children from 4 to 12 years old and a nursery for those under 3 years old. For more information, call +7-962-933-3581, e-mail icamoscow@yandex.ru or visit http://icamoscow.org.

MOSCOW GOOD NEWS CHURCH meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Dom Kultury MIIT, 6 Novosushchyovsky Per. (M. Novoslobodskaya). Free buses from the metro. The church will also have an English service beginning Nov. 2, 2008. All English speakers are welcome. Services are on Sunday afternoons, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. At 2A Shchyolkovskoye Shosse, third floor, M. Cherkizovskaya. For more information, contact: +7 (495) 727-1472 or international@mgnc.org

FRIDAY NIGHT SHABBAT DINNER at the Marina Roshcha Synagogue (M. Savyolovskaya). To RSVP, please e-mail jewishmoscow@gmail.com, or for more information on Jewish programs and classes led in English, contact Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz at tel. 799-5751.

The MOSCOW CONGREGATION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM meets at the Moscow Jewish Community House, 14/1 Ul. Volochayevskaya (M. Baumanskaya, Ploshchad Ilicha). Friday night services in Russian and Hebrew start at 7 p.m. For details of festival services in English and Hebrew, please contact Rabbi Nelly Shulman at nashulmans@mail.ru.

ST. LOUIS DES FRANCAIS, Catholic Church. Mass is celebrated in English at 9.30 a.m. and in French at 10.30 a.m. every Sunday. At 12A Malaya Lubyanka (M. Lubyanka.)

The CHURCH of JESUS CHRIST of LATTER-DAY SAINTS is now holding worship services in Spanish at 1:30 p.m. every Sunday. At 14 Ul. Yefremova, Office C, M. Sportivnaya. Or call 8-916-210-9077 and ask for Elder Salinas. Worship services are also held in English at 1:00 p.m. on Sundays at 6 Stromynsky Per., M. Sokolniki.

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, an evangelical church in the heart of Moscow, welcomes you to our English worship services on Sundays at 11:15 a.m. at Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok, 12a. Call 507-06-35 for more info, or see http://icfmoscow.org.

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