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On 19 June 2009 a bi-lingual, colour supplement to The Moscow Times will be published. The “Russia-Holland” supplement is an annual business publication, devoted to the partnership between Russian and Dutch companies.
This year the magazine is timed to coincide with the most glorious event in the cultural co-operation between the two countries for the last decade – the opening of Hermitage Amsterdam. The unique exhibition centre will be opened on the 19 June by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev.
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Published: 18 July 2008
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Armed With Nukes and a Vague Plan
By Simon Saradzhyan / The Moscow Times When Vladimir Putin became acting president on New Year’s Eve in 1999, he took over a country whose armed forces were struggling to fill combat-ready units to fight guerillas in Chechnya. |
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U.S. Spurs Hopes of An End to HIV Tests
By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer In an indication that Russia may end mandatory HIV tests for foreign residents, government officials said Thursday that they were considering replicating pending U.S. legislation that would lift a ban on HIV-positive visitors to that country. |
Dudley Warns Fight Tearing TNK-BP Apart
By Anatoly Medetsky, Miriam Elder, Anna Yukhananov / Special to The Moscow Times The company’s chief executive rejects a lawsuit against him from a group of Russians and vows to continue working. |
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About 50,000 Museum Pieces Lost
The Associated Press A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia’s museums — everything from pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art, a member of the survey team said Thursday. |
Germany Presents Abkhazia Proposal
Reuters Germany on Thursday presented a three-stage plan aimed at ending the deadlock in Georgia’s conflict with its breakaway province of Abkhazia. |
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Parrots Killed for Beer
Combined Reports Police in Nizhny Novgorod have arrested a man who shot dead two pet parrots after his wife refused to buy him beer, news agencies reported. |
Tens of Thousands March 90 Years After Tsar's Death
By Steve Gutterman / The Associated Press Tens of thousands of Russians commemorated the 90th anniversary of the slaying of the country's royal family with a religious procession Thursday, starting out before dawn from the site where the last tsar and his wife and children were gunned down in a basement room. |
Ex-Senator Convicted of Fraud
By Yelena Shuster / Special to The Moscow Times The Moscow City Court on Thursday convicted former Kalmykia Senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan of fraud and sentenced him to nine years in prison, concluding a case that saw his lawyer flee the country and receive political asylum in the United States. |
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