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In the framework of the international art fair ART Moskva, which is being held from the 14th to the 18th of May 2008 at the Central House of Artists on Krimsky Val, The Moscow Times presents an exhibition of works by the newspaper's photo correspondents, Igor Tabokov and Vladimir Filonov. The exhibition is organized with the support of ZAO Unified Financial Group INVEST, which is a part of the group of companies UFG Asset Management (UFG
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Market Matters : Markets Rise as Cabinet Settles In
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's strong backing for aggressive oil tax cuts in the near future provided Russian stock markets with a long-awaited catalyst to push the RTS to a record high last week.
Russia Investment Roadshow : Scenes From Last Year's Forum
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Putin Talking Adequate Response to NATO
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer President Vladimir Putin told an annual gathering of the nation's military top brass Tuesday that an appropriate response to ""muscle-flexing"" by NATO is crucial when setting guidelines for development of the armed forces. |
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Narrowing It Down to One Window
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer The idea of reducing the number of steps to get things done is catching on. |
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Lebanese Leader Asks Russia to Maintain Role in Region
The Associated Press Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri on Tuesday urged President Vladimir Putin to help resolve the troubled Middle Eastern nation's political deadlock over selection of its next president. |
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News in Brief
Muratov Given News HonorDoctor, Nurse Sentenced |
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UN Stressing Chernobyl Development
Reuters UN efforts to help people affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster two decades ago should focus on rebuilding self-reliance, a UN official said. |
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Sulfur Leaks Aggravate Pollution in Black Sea
Reuters Sulfur from two ships that sank in a storm near the Black Sea last week is leaking into waters already polluted by an oil spill from another vessel, Ukraine's Environment Ministry said. |
Ukraine Mourns 90 Dead Miners
By Yuri Kulikov / Reuters Weeping relatives gathered in cemeteries around Donetsk, heart of the Donbass coal field, on Tuesday to bury the dead from Ukraine's worst mining accident. |
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American Hit in Eye by Icicle
The Moscow Times An American citizen was hit in the eye by an icicle near Barrikadnaya metro station, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported Tuesday. |
Sect Leader to Talk to Followers
By Steve Gutterman / The Associated Press A doomsday cult leader whose followers have holed up in an underground hideout in the Penza region will be brought to the site in an effort to win the release of several children, a government official said Tuesday. |
Woman Charged in Rock Fraud
By Carl Schreck / Staff Writer An elderly woman has been arrested and charged with fraud after she tried to sell a large corundum stone for $20 million, passing it off as a giant hunk of ruby crystal, police said Tuesday. |
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Court Refuses SPS Case Against Putin
By David Nowak / Staff Writer The Supreme Court rejected a request Tuesday from the Union of Right Forces party to remove President Vladimir Putin from United Russia's candidate list for the Dec. 2 State Duma elections. |
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UN Reduces Estimate on AIDS Epidemics
Reuters The United Nations has slashed its estimates of how many people have the AIDS virus, from nearly 40 million to 33 million. In a report to be issued on Tuesday, the UN says revised estimates on HIV in India account for a large part of the decrease. |
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Iran, U.S. to Hold Talks on Iraq
By Zahra Hosseinian / The Associated Press Iran has agreed to hold a new round of talks soon with the United States on how to improve security in Iraq, Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday. |
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Civil Servants Join Growing Walkout
Reuters French teachers, postal workers and other civil servants joined forces with protesting transport workers Tuesday in strikes that challenge President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to reform the economy. |
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Musharraf Eases Grip on Powers
By Simon Cameron-Moore / Reuters Pakistan freed thousands of lawyers and opposition activists held under emergency powers on Tuesday, as President Pervez Musharraf arrived in Saudi Arabia, where old foe Nawaz Sharif lives in exile. |
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Turkmens Commit to Pipe
Reuters Turkmenistan will press ahead with a planned gas pipeline through Russia despite reports the project has been put on hold due to a pricing dispute, Turkmen officials said Tuesday. |
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Petro-Canada Urges LNG Plant Approval
By Anatoly Medetsky / Staff Writer Canadian oil and gas firm Petro-Canada on Tuesday urged potential partner Gazprom to approve a plan to build a $3.5 billion liquefied natural gas plant on the Baltic Sea to capitalize on the decline of the product's supply in North America. |
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Business in Brief
Rosneft Waits on Bond SaleCourt to Study Subsoil TaxAlrosa Stake Sells for $360MPolyus License Switch FailsGenerator Price Seen LowerLenta May Sell StocksYevroset Raises ForecastMTS 3Q Profits Up 35%8 Alcohol Licenses RevokedKazakh Bank's Income Up |
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Gas Price May Rise to $300-$400
The Moscow Times The price of gas to Europe will rise to $300 to $400 per 1,000 cubic meters next year, Gazprom deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told analysts Tuesday, Deutsche Bank said in a research note. |
Ford Shuts Strikers Out of Its Plant
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer Workers at Ford's plant near St. Petersburg began an indefinite strike Tuesday, as a dispute worsened between management and the plant's union over pay and conditions. |
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Thanks, But We Don't Need Your Monitors
By Fyodor Lukyanov President Vladimir Putin showed the world how powerful he really is when he gave the world a signal that he would be willing to become Russia's prime minister. |
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Yulia Latynina: What Goes Around, Comes Around
Just at the very moment when it seemed that all of society was rallying around United Russia, carrying out Putin's Plan and rescuing Russia from disaster, a single renegade emerged on the scene from nowhere. He turned out to be opposed to all of this. |
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Moscow in Running for Youth Olympics
Five cities -- three from Europe and two from Asia -- were selected as finalists Monday to host the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010. |
City Wise
What to Do: Tomorrow's Turkey Day
By James Marson / Staff Writer It's that time of year again! Time to hunt out the biggest turkey, dig out grandma's pumpkin-pie recipe and gather family and friends around the table to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday. |
A Sweet Slice of France
By Nathan Toohey / Staff Writer French restaurants have been having a hard time of late. Franco food has fallen seriously out of fashion, with Italian taking its place in the hearts and stomachs of the city's diners; only Jean-Jacques seems able to resist this trend. |
The Art of Luxury
By John Wendle / Staff Writer The 2007 Millionaire Fair opens Thursday, with a stronger cultural component to counterbalance conspicuous consumption. |
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Columnists
Equating Holodomor With Genocide
By Georgy Bovt
The Danger of Being Thirsty, Greedy, Stingy
By Michele A. Berdy
Taking the Temperature In Georgia's Hot Spring
By Matthew Collin
The Natural-Resources And Democracy Curse
By Konstantin Sonin
Returning Direct Elections
By Nikolai Petrov
Half Steps Backward in Government Reshuffle
By Vladimir Frolov
An Early Assessment of Putin's Foreign Policy
By Fyodor Lukyanov
Unlike Putin, Medvedev Took Charge Quickly
By Anders Aslund
When Rebels Need Cash, a Relative Vanishes
By Yulia Latynina
The Sticky Successor Problem
By Alexei Bayer
A 2nd Briefcase for Putin
By Alexander Golts
Frodo Putin vs. Sam Medvedev
By Alexei Pankin
Medvedev the Bookworm
By Mark H. Teeter
Two-Headed Eagle Infected With Bugs
By Boris Kagarlitsky
