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Market Matters: As Conflict Ends, Markets on Road to Recovery
After tumbling to its lowest point in almost two years on Tuesday, Russia's MICEX Index began to slowly claw its way back over the rest of the week, suggesting a possible end to the volatility that has plagued the country's markets since tensions erupted between Russia and Georgia on Aug. 8.
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Published: 21 February 2008
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Interros Considers Offer by Usmanov
By Catrina Stewart / Staff Writer Vladimir Potanin's Interros, a key shareholder in Norilsk Nickel, said Wednesday that it was considering a possible ""white knight"" bid to merge its metals assets with those of Alisher Usmanov's Gazmetall, as Norilsk Nickel struggles to fend off a merger with RusAl on unfavorable terms. |
Putin Pledges $1Bln Aviation Center
Combined Reports President Vladimir Putin and his likely successor, Dmitry Medvedev visited the country's main flight test center Wednesday and unveiled a plan to help revive the aircraft industry, which fell on hard times after the 1991 Soviet collapse. |
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Mitvol's Boss Seeks His Ouster
By Miriam Elder / Staff Writer Oleg Mitvol, the environmental official who has aggressively targeted foreign oil companies, was struggling to hold on to his job Wednesday after his new boss moved to have him fired. |
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Fortum, TGK-1 Sign Emissions Deal
By Sakari Suoninen, Simon Shuster / Reuters Finnish utility Fortum has signed a pioneering deal to buy more than 5 million carbon dioxide emissions credits from electricity producer TGK-1, Fortum said Wednesday. |
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Baltika Says Sales in '07 Rose 30%
By Tai Adelaja / Staff Writer Baltika Breweries, the country's No. 1 beer maker, said Wednesday that sales increased 30 percent in 2007, boosted by higher income and changing patterns of consumption. |
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Interior Ministry Checks News Outdoor Offices
The Associated Press Interior Ministry officials inspected the Moscow headquarters of News Outdoor, an advertising firm owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the company said Wednesday. |
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Teacher in Piracy Case Starts Campaign for Free Software
By Christian Lowe / Staff Writer A village schoolteacher who became a popular hero after he was put on trial for using pirated Microsoft programs has launched a campaign against what he calls the software giant's global domination. |
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Rapidly Rising Prices
By In Ukraine Test Premier By Sabina Zawadzki / Reuters The government is trying to combat inflation and meet its campaign promises. |
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Business in Brief
2 New Economy Ministers3rd Country in Iran Venture$1.8Bln for Greek HotelsTNK-BP's Ryazan RefineryPolyus Gets 5 New LicensesSt. Pete-Helsinki Rail LinkSakha Gas Fraud CaseFor the Record |
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Columnists
Overplaying the 'Blame America' Card
By Alexei Bayer
Kremlin's PR Machine Falling on Deaf Ears
By Vladimir Frolov
When Your Tongue Is the Real Enemy
By Michele A. Berdy
Blame Capitalism, Not Medvedev
By Boris Kagarlitsky
10 Reasons Why the Economy Will Falter
By Anders Aslund
Turning Russia Into a Terrorist Enclave
By Yulia Latynina
How Russia Turns Liberals Into Authoritarians
By Yevgeny Kiselyov
Russia's Bronze Medal In International Affairs
By Konstantin Sonin
Andropov's Ghost Lives On
By Nikolai Petrov
Show Russia the Good Side
By Mark H. Teeter
When a Toast for Peace Works Best in Russian
By Matthew Collin
Nation of Champions Starts in the Courtyard
By Georgy Bovt
Don't Trust Politicians With War
By Alexander Golts
Rethinking the War
By Alexei Pankin
Georgian Crisis Is a Trap for U.S. Leadership
By Fyodor Lukyanov
The Missiles of July
By Richard Lourie
Immunity From the Oil Curse
By Martin Gilman
