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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: 20 November 2007
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Teorema Seeks $500M in London Listing
Reuters Teorema Holding, the parent company of the real estate developer Teorema, said Wednesday it planned an IPO of Global Depositary Receipts on the London Stock Exchange. |
Paradise Living Gets City Hall Approval
The Moscow Times City Hall has given the go ahead to an eye-catching $750 million residential project on the banks of the Moscow River, leading development firm Mirax Group, the company behind the project, announced earlier this month. |
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Irish Investor Braves Bureaucratic Hitches
By Max Delany / Staff Writer Ireland's wealthiest man is turning his attention from a traditional manufacturing economy to cash in on emerging markets. |
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Widows Wary About Eastern Europe
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Nazarbayev Not Concerned by Slowdown
Reuters Kazakhstan's economy is not threatened by a global credit crunch and a construction slowdown may put growth on a more sustainable path, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Thursday. |
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City Set to Build 200 Skyscrapers
The Moscow Times Moscow's landscape is set to change even more dramatically over the next few years after the city government announced plans to build around 200 new skyscrapers in the capital by 2015. |
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Agency Delays Mortgage Bond Issue
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St. Pete Approves 3 Projects
The Moscow Times City government said last week that it had approved a plan to develop three strategic areas. |
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Business in Brief
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Oil Firms Ordered to Supply Fuel
Bloomberg The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service ordered the country's five largest energy companies, including state-run Gazprom and Rosneft, to ensure fuel deliveries to independent retailers after supplies dropped last month. |
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Severstal Extends Bid For Celtic
Bloomberg Severstal said Monday that it had extended its offer for gold and molybdenum miner Celtic Resources Holdings as it builds up a precious metals business that may later be spun off. |
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Amur Boosts Copper, Nickel Resources
Reuters London-listed Amur Minerals has boosted nickel resources by 34 percent at its flagship metals project in the Far East after extensive drilling that also added 31 percent to its copper resources. |
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Iran Seeks 30 Tu-204s for $1Bln
Reuters Iran has started talks to buy 30 Tupolev passenger aircraft worth more than $1 billion, a source with knowledge of the deal said Monday. |
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Mosenergo Set to Float Shares
Reuters The board of Moscow utility Mosenergo has decided to prepare for the sale of global depositary receipts representing shares now owned by the state, a source close to the company said Monday. |
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Finns Sees Compromise on Wood Duty
Reuters Finland's Foreign Ministry said Monday that the European Commission was expecting a compromise proposal from Russia on wood export duties soon. |
Sibir Sues Millhouse Over Fields
By Anatoly Medetsky / Staff Writer An affiliate of the energy firm is seeking billions of dollars in a lawsuit against Roman Abramovich. |
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World Bank Urges Action on Inflation
By Tai Adelaja / Staff Writer Russia must control inflation and allow for appreciation of the ruble if it wishes to see its robust economic performance stay on course, the World Bank said in a report released Monday. |
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