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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: 18 December 2007
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Charlemagne Plans to Raise $290M
Reuters Emerging markets investment manager Charlemagne Capital said Friday that it hoped to raise 200 million euros ($291 million) for a fund to invest in property developments in Brazil, Russia, India and China. |
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Region Insulated From the Crisis
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Kazakhstan Real Estate Cools Off
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Komatsu to Open Plant in Yaroslavl
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Business in Brief
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Platinum at Record on License Fear
Bloomberg Platinum rose to a record in London on speculation that Russia, the world's second-largest producer, will not approve licenses for the new year, spurring borrowers to tap other sources of supply. |
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Reiman Sees 3G in 10 Cities Next Year
Bloomberg Mobile TeleSystems and competing Russian mobile phone companies will be able to offer fast wireless services in Moscow next year as it becomes possible to obtain frequencies, IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said Monday. |
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4th Suspect Facing Charges in Storchak Embezzlement Case
Combined Reports A fourth suspect has been charged in connection with the prosecution of Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak on suspicion of attempting to embezzle $43 million, his lawyer said Monday. |
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Potanin to Block Issue at Polyus
Reuters Members of the board of Polyus Gold representing co-owner Vladimir Potanin said Monday that they would boycott the board meeting this week in order to block a new share issue proposal. |
Hyundai Picks St. Pete for $400M Plant
The Moscow Times South Korea's Hyundai has picked St. Petersburg as the site for its plant in Russia, in a move to boost its profits in the country's booming car market. |
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Severstal Goes Green For $436M
Combined Reports Severstal borrowed 300 million euros ($436 million) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Monday to fund a program to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Gazprom, Shell Delay Sakhalin LNG Exports
By Damon Evans, Dmitry Zhdannikov / Reuters Gazprom-led Sakhalin Energy said Monday that it would complete its liquified natural gas plant in late 2008, in a move effectively delaying supplies to Asia by at least a few months. |
E.On Hails Progress in Tomsk Gas Talks
Combined Reports German-based utility E.On said Monday that it had made ""major progress"" in talks with Gazprom aimed at giving E.On a stake in a Tomsk region gas field, but that the value of the potential deal had yet to be worked out. |
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BP, Gazprom Hold Talks Over Kovykta
Combined Reports BP chief executive Tony Hayward flew into Moscow on Monday and held talks with Gazprom chief Alexei Miller on the companies' stalled deal over the Kovykta gas project, as well as potential international cooperation, Gazprom said in a statement. The talks came as a source close to Gazprom warned on Monday that the Kovykta deal was at risk because the company could not agree with TNK-BP on historical costs. ""It has been a systematic problem. If it goes on like this, the deal scenario will change,"" the source said. |
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