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«December Nights» at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a music festival which has been held at the museum annually since 1981. The idea for the event came from Svyatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 – 1997) and the director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Irina Alexandrovna Antonova
Since 1998 the festival has been named “Svyatoslav Richter’s December Nights”, and the art director after Richter’s death has been the eminent musician Yuri Bashmet. During his time the festival has become world acclaimed and its program filled with an abundance of talent. The participants of the program are distinguished musicians, stage managers, artists and poets.
XXVIII International music festival “Svyatoslav Richter’s December Nights” - “Dedicated to Turner – image and sound”.
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The Crisis: Raising Oil Output Still State's Goal
Anyone who thinks that oil and wealth automatically go hand in hand obviously hasnt been paying attention to export revenues in recent months.
Market Matters: Central Bank Devalues Ruble Twice in a Week
The Central Bank on Friday allowed the ruble to depreciate for the second time in a week and said it would raise key interest rates in an effort to reduce capital outflows.
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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Published: 22 January 2008
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Business
'Massacre' Pushes RTS Under 2,000
By Catrina Stewart / Staff Writer The markets shed more than 7 percent in their worst day in 18 months, amid deepening fears of a U.S. recession. |
Year of Huge Demand and Insufficient Supply
By John Wendle / Staff Writer In many ways, Moscow's real estate market resembles a rich teenager with a messy room, a few personal problems and not a lot of discipline. The teenager's parents are high oil and gas prices -- which continue to fuel Moscow's explosive growth for a fifth year in a row -- and there is no reason to think that 2008 will be any different. |
Taking a Chance in Belarus' Real Estate Market
By Matthew Brunwasser / INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Belarus is the last centrally planned economy in Europe, but a small and hearty group of Western investors are starting to probe the country, seeing it as the last all-but-untouched real estate market in Europe. |
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Finns Call for Another Route Study
Reuters Finland insists the Gazprom-led Nord Stream consortium conduct a thorough environmental impact study of an alternative, southern route for its planned gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, the country's environment ministry said Monday. |
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RZD Wins Saudi Railway Contract
Bloomberg, MT Russian Railways has won an $800 million contract in Saudi Arabia to lay new track that includes 20 camel crossings, the state-run company said in a statement Monday. |
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Imperial Energy Plans Higher Capex to Meet Output Targets
Reuters Imperial Energy will increase its $600 million capital investment plan for the next three years in order to meet a new production target of 80,000 barrels per day by 2011, its chairman said Monday. |
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Tsarist Art Heirs Ask for Payout
Bloomberg The heirs of the greatest tsarist-era art collectors, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov, have called for compensation from the Russian government to redress the 1918 confiscation of their ancestors' artworks. |
Hypermarkets Boost Sedmoi Sales
By Tai Adelaja / Staff Writer The supermarket chain says gross retail sales rose 32 percent last year on higher consumer demand. |
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French, LUKoil Seen in Power Bid
Reuters Gaz de France is in talks with LUKoil to jointly bid for control of power generator TGK-10, sources close to the regional generating company's planned share issue said Monday. |
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Yushchenko Opposes Calls for Higher Gas Transit Fee
Reuters Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko opposed calls to charge Russia more to pipe gas across the country to Europe, saying this would lead to a rise in the price Ukraine pays for imported gas for domestic use. |
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Kudrin Eyes $14Bln for Wage Hikes
Reuters The government may use 343 billion rubles ($14.1 billion) in extra 2008 revenues and savings to raise pensions and public sector wages, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was quoted as telling a Cabinet meeting on Monday. |
Singapore Invests in Moscow Region
By Max Delany / Staff Writer The Singapore government's real estate investment fund on Monday announced it was taking the plunge into the Russian market, putting $233 million into a project with leading developer PIK Group to build a self-contained neighborhood in the Moscow region. |
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Business in Brief
Eurocement to Invest $8BlnTurkey's Gas Supply SecureGolden Sees Sales of $3BlnTelecom Firms MergerRuukki Group Faces DelayUralSib Profit Tumbles 78%Novolipetsk Earnings UpNovolipetsk's Steel DownMagnezit Buys SlovmagAluminum Seen FallingRussia, Heat Drive SalesKnight's Head Steps DownNew RusAl Legal Chief |
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Britain Offers India Its Support on Nuclear Technology Waiver
Reuters Britain said Monday that it supported granting a waiver to India from a 45-nation group which polices exports of nuclear technology, a key step in finalizing a nuclear energy deal with the United States. |
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Israel to Ease Up on Gaza Blockade
The Associated Press Israel decided Monday to ease a blockade of Gaza imposed in retaliation for rocket attacks, saying it will allow some food and fuel for one day. Israel's announcement follows a UN warning that international food aid to the impoverished territory may be suspended by the weekend. |
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