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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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Published: 28 April 2008
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Japan Sees Hope in Island Dispute
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and President Vladimir Putin agreed on Saturday to expedite talks to resolve a decades-old territorial dispute by issuing “fresh directives” to their respective governments, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. |
Rock Legends Are Playing to a Political Beat
By Anna Malpas / Staff Writer One day after Dmitry Medvedev was elected president, rock star Andrei Makarevich and his band, Mashina Vremeni, entertained a crowd of pro-Kremlin youth activists on Red Square. |
Tensions Rise Sharply Over Abkhazia
By Nikolaus von Twickel, Matt Siegel / Staff Writers Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi escalated over the weekend amid reports that Russian military reinforcements were being deployed in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia and local residents were being forced to swap their ID cards for Russian passports. |
Determined Deripaska Casts a Long Shadow
By Yuriy Humber, Hugo Miller / Bloomberg A table laid out with platters of blini, beets and caviar and a bottle of 2001 Montrachet awaits Oleg Deripaska and his guests in a dining room at his Moscow headquarters. While others dig in, Deripaska sips only black tea and nibbles on toast. |
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Ex-Governor Denies Bribery Investigation
The Moscow Times Former Arkhangelsk Governor Nikolai Kiselyov has denied being questioned by law enforcement agents about a bribery scandal stemming from a video posted on the Internet last year. |
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Caucasus Seen Facing Turmoil
Reuters Chechnya is making progress on human rights, but Dagestan and Ingushetia may plunge into violence, a senior European human rights official said Friday. |
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Media Clampdown Approved by Duma
By Francesca Mereu / Staff Writer The State Duma passed in a first reading Friday a bill that would allow courts to close media outlets for publishing libelous statements, a law critics say would give authorities an additional tool to crack down on dissent. |
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Iran Urges Azeris to Release Atomic Plant Parts
Reuters Iran has urged Azerbaijan to release Russian parts for the Islamic Republic’s first nuclear power plant, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. |
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Hundreds Rally Over Rising Prices
Reuters Hundreds of motorists protested rising prices of fuel and other goods in a Far East port on Saturday. |
Tears and Anger Over Chernobyl
The Associated Press Several thousand supporters of Belarus’ opposition marched through Minsk on Saturday to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and protest an alleged government coverup of the disaster’s consequences. |
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100 Hit the Streets of Tallinn To Mark Bronze Soldier Riots
The Associated Press About 100 demonstrators gathered in the Estonian capital on Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the riots that shook the country one year ago. |
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Putin Sends Kremlin Aides to the White House
Combined Reports President Vladimir Putin on Friday began forming his staff for when he takes over as next prime minister next month. |
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Putin Library Clears the Duma
Reuters The State Duma approved in a final reading Friday the creation of a foundation for Vladimir Putin to preserve his legacy after eight years as president. |
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Putin Signs Law Curbing Referendums
Combined Reports President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law an amendment imposing new restrictions on national referendums, which was vehemently opposed by Communists. |
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Lithuania Ready to Block EU’s Russia Talks
By Nerijus Adomaitis / Reuters Lithuania is prepared to take a stand against the rest of the European Union to try to tighten the terms of an EU mandate for partnership talks with Russia, the country’s foreign minister said. |
Tamil Rebels Take to the Air In Bloody Week in Sri Lanka
The Associated Press Sri Lanka's separatist rebels used light aircraft to bomb an army defense line in the island's war-torn north early Sunday, hours after fierce clashes killed 42 combatants, the military said. |
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EU to Debate Path for Accession for Serbia
Reuters The European Union will try Tuesday to approve a gesture to pro-EU parties in Serbia before elections on May 11, but Dutch leaders say Belgrade must arrest a top war crime suspect before they sign on. |
Karzai Dodges Assassination Attempt
By Omar Sobhani / Reuters Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration in the capital, Kabul. |
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Protesters Trail Torch In S. Korea
Reuters Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman. |
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Blind Faith of Free-Market Cheerleaders
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A Lonely Stand on South Ossetia
By Yulia Latynina
United States Lost Russia and Everything Else
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Moscow's Last Stand in Regional Elections
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Russia Remains Calm Before Financial Storm
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Gorbachev's Gallant Example
By Richard Lourie
Even Stranger From Afar
By Mark H. Teeter
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A Collapse, by Any Other Name ...
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By Martin Gilman
A Selective Definition of Democracy
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Medvedev's New Doctrine
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Making Strategic Assets Accessible to Investors
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Why Russians Put Stalin at the Top of the List
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A Frightful Wake-Up Call
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