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Jobs & Careers (Fall 2008)
Everyone has an opinion about the 'chinovnik' - the Russian civil servant. But what do they say about themselves? For the fall edition of Jobs and Careers we spoke to two civil servants. They're young, hard-working and ambitious. And according to one of Russia's top captains of industry, they'd be far better advised to go into business. "There are young people who go to work in state service right after graduation," said billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov in a recent speech to students at his alma mater, the state Financial Academy. "I recommend that you only go into business. Only there will you find drive and real life." So why is it that so many young people, against his advice, are still trying to make a career in the civil service and what are the prospects? And is it something they'd recommend to other young people looking for a high-flying career?
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Market Matters: RTS Has Toughest Week Since '99
Trading on the dollar-denominated RTS exchange was suspended three times on Friday as anxiety deepened over whether the U.S. House of Representatives would pass a $700 billion financial sector bailout package and share prices on Russian and international markets plummeted.
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Bomb Explodes at Police Checkpoint
Reuters A bomb exploded on Friday at a police checkpoint in Ingushetia but no one was hurt, Itar-Tass reported. |
TV Chief and Reporter Killed in 2 Attacks
By Matt Siegel, Anna Malpas / Staff Writers The head of Dagestani state television and a Dagestan-born reporter for Channel One television died in brutal killings Friday that seemed to raise more questions about law and order than free speech. |
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Strategic Sector Bill Clears 2nd Reading
By Natalia Krainova, Tai Adelaja / Staff Writers The State Duma on Friday passed in a key second reading the government's long-awaited bill limiting foreign investment in a swathe of strategic sectors, ranging from energy and defense to media and fishing. |
A New Hospital Unit Mired in an Old Problem
By Peter Finn / The Washington Post Privately funded upgrades at a small hospital run afoul of the local bureaucracy. |
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Kyrgyz Children HIV Trial Looms
The Associated Press Kyrgyz prosecutors said late last week that 14 health professionals would face trial on charges of infecting children with HIV. |
Armenians Rally After State of Emergency Ends
The Associated Press Several hundred opposition supporters held demonstrations across Yerevan on Friday after authorities lifted a 20-day state of emergency. |
Moldova's Leader Nominates First Female Prime Minister
The Associated Press Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has nominated an economist and former finance minister to become the country's first female prime minister. |
U.S. Urged to Back Off Belarus
Reuters Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov has called on the United States to ease its pressure on Belarus and vowed support for its president, Alexander Lukashenko. |
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Duma Backs Georgia's 2 Separatist Republics
By Steve Gutterman / The Associated Press The State Duma has urged the Kremlin to consider recognizing the independence of Georgia's separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, stepping up the government campaign to keep Georgia out of NATO. |
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Turkmen Leader to Visit NATO Forum
Reuters Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov will attend a NATO summit in April, the first leader of his long-isolated homeland to seek closer ties with the Western security alliance, state media reported. |
Judge Releases St. Pete Yabloko Leader
AP, Reuters, MT A St. Petersburg court on Friday ordered the release of local Yabloko leader Maxim Reznik, whose jailing on charges of hitting a police officer prompted protests and allegations that the case was politically motivated. |
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No More Squatting at Beijing Toilets
Reuters Beijing organizers are refitting the toilets at three main Olympic venues after complaints from foreign athletes about having to squat. |
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China Says Dalai Lama Is Taking Olympics Hostage
Reuters China accused the Dalai Lama on Sunday of using unrest in Tibet to back demands for Tibetan independence ahead of the August Olympic Games in Beijing. |
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New Taiwanese President Sees Long Road in China Relations
Reuters An end to the more than half a century of hostility and tension between Taiwan and China may be in the offing with the election of a more China-friendly president for the island, but progress will be slow and tortuous. |
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Pope Baptizes a Prominent Muslim
The Associated Press Pope Benedict XVI rejoiced over conversions to Christianity a day after he baptized a prominent Muslim, celebrating Easter Sunday in a rain-drenched appearance he used to renew calls for peace in Iraq, the Holy Land and Tibet. |
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Serbia Puts Blame on NATO, UN
Reuters Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on Sunday accused NATO peacekeepers and United Nations police of using ""snipers and banned ammunition"" to quell a Serb riot against Kosovo's independence. |
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Hamas and Fatah Agree to Revive Direct Talks
By Mohamed Sudam / Reuters Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a Yemeni-sponsored deal Sunday promising to revive direct talks after months of hostilities, but differences remained over the future of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. |
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Tajik Stabbed to Death
The Associated Press A woman from Tajikistan was stabbed to death Friday in Moscow in what appeared to be a hate crime, Interfax reported. |
Lavrov Calls on Israel to Open Gaza
The Associated Press Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday called for an end to the blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and demanded that Israel halt its settlement activity. |
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National Bolshevik Bolts for Ukraine
By David Nowak / Staff Writer The fiancee of opposition activist Yury Chervochkin, who died last year of injuries suffered in a murky beating, has fled Russia and requested political asylum in Ukraine. |
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Marshals Make Use of Break-In Authority
By Simon Saradzhyan / Staff Writer Court marshals break through the door of a woman's apartment to enforce a court order. |
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Crisis -- What Crisis?
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