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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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| Friday, September 05, 2008
Updated at 04 September 2008 23:35 Moscow Time | |
Published: 28 February 2008
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Medvedev Slammed for Airtime Monopoly
By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff Writer The current presidential election campaign has not differed much from previous ones, as the overwhelming majority of television coverage has gone to the Kremlin's choice candidate, a report from a media monitor to be released Thursday says. |
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Observers Talking ToughRussia Sends Iran a WarningSecurity Forces Out for VoteKosovo Serbs Call on RussiaFor the Record |
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Medvedev Makes Sole Appeal Ahead of Vote
By Vladimir Isachenkov / The Associated Press Dmitry Medvedev pledged Wednesday to maintain President Vladimir Putin’s course and focus on stability as the country counted down the final days to Sunday’s presidential election. |
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11 Regions Voting Sunday for New Parliaments
By Francesca Mereu / Staff Writer Voters in 11 regions Sunday will cast ballots in local parliamentary elections coinciding with the presidential election. But they won't have many liberal opposition candidates to choose from. |
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Election Day to Determine Members of 124 Assemblies
By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer While the presidential election is Sunday's main event, Muscovites will also vote for deputies for legislative assemblies in the city's 124 districts. |
Medvedev Name a Problem for Clinton
Reuters U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, who has argued she would be stronger on foreign policy than rival Barack Obama, stumbled over the name of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in a debate Tuesday. |
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Critical Journalist Stopped at Airport
By David Nowak / Staff Writer Natalya Morar, an investigative journalist who reported that the Kremlin maintained secret funds to finance political parties, was refused entry to Russia at Domodedovo Airport on Wednesday after border guards said she was a threat to national security. |
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Columnists
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
The Age of Solzhenitsyn
By Alexei Bayer
How Pique and Spite Can Destroy Relations
By Vladimir Frolov
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
