Issue 4470. Last Updated: 09/03/2010

Putin Extends Ban on Grain Exports

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin abruptly extended the grain export ban by at least several months from the end of this year because farmers and wholesalers sent grain prices up by holding the latest harvest.

Nashi Is Asked to Vacate Main Office

Senior Moscow official Oleg Mitvol has asked the pro-Kremlin Nashi youth group to vacate its headquarters in a building meant to house a kindergarten, in what analysts called a sign that Nashi was losing its clout.

Rights Veteran Quits Rallies

Human rights veteran Lyudmila Alexeyeva has said she would stop attending opposition rallies because of her age and poor health, as Washington criticized a police crackdown on a rally in Moscow this week.

Gazprom Q1 Profit At Record $10.6Bln

Combined Reports
Gazprom tripled first-quarter profit to a record after cold weather boosted demand at home and in Europe, and the ruble appreciated against the dollar, the world’s biggest natural gas producer said Thursday.

VTB to Hit ’10 Targets Ahead of Sale

Combined Reports
VTB Group, the country's second-biggest bank by assets, said Thursday that it was on target to meet 2010 profit forecasts, underpinning government hopes to sell a 10 percent stake to a strategic investor by year-end.

Police Raid Opposition-Minded Magazine

Reuters
Armed and masked police raided the opposition New Times magazine on Thursday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuse of authority by the OMON riot police.





Fake Diplomas = Fake Modernization

Russia has done little to reduce its high number of fake diplomas ― but at the same time it requires foreigners to prove that their degrees are valid before they can get a work permit.



In the Spotlight: Rich Divorces

Tabloids have been reporting that Russian-born model Natalia Vodianova is about to get divorced from her husband, British aristocrat Justin Portman. Vodianova has the ultimate rags-to-riches story, starting as a market worker in Nizhny Novgorod to a top model.



Russia, Exposed: Detained for Standing

Another month, another try at freedom of assembly. Police officers detained about 100 people on Aug. 31, though most of them didn't show force and none of them were on the square they were banned from.

  MICEX Index 1401.81   0.516%  

  RTS Index 1455.64   0.388%  

  MICEX 10 Index 3341.67   0.628%  

  MICEX Oil & Gas 2579.08   0.732%  

  MICEX Power 3063.45   0.591%  

  MICEX Telecommunication 2133.10   0.333%  

  MICEX Metals & Mining 4361.16   0.071%  

  MICEX Manufacturing 2190.79   3.530%  

  MICEX Financials 5694.32   0.357%  

  MICEX Consumer Goods 4144.18   0.125%  

  MICEX Chemicals 4480.24   0.514%  
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Activists Rally for 'Volkonsky' House

Architectural preservationists gathered early Monday to prevent the demolition of an old house adjacent to an estate where Leo Tolstoy found inspiration for one of his most famous characters.





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