Polyus Gold International's and Polymetal International's billionaire owners are considering merging the gold miners to create the world's ninth-largest producer of the metal. The billionaire owners of Polyus Gold International and Polymetal International are considering merging the gold miners to create the world’s ninth-largest producer of the metal, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Polymetal is worth about $6.9 billion based on its current value on...

The co-founder of the supermarket chains that became X5 Retail Group is setting up 400 discount groceries in southern Florida, a project in which his company AgroTrade International will invest $500 million. The co-founder of the supermarket chains that became X5 Retail Group is setting up 400 discount groceries in southern Florida, a project in which his company AgroTrade International will invest $500 million. Andrei Rogachyov, who started the Karusel and Pyatyorochka...

... Narokov, the man who lost his fortune and heart to theater, Yefim Baikovsky turns in a magnificent performance. His sentimentality is stubborn and sincere, and it creates a rich emotional backdrop for the entire performance. Filippov's Velikatov is magnanimous and wise. He is also ever-so-slightly tarnished; not so much because of a bad character but because he is too experienced to be otherwise. His courting of Negina's mother to get at the daughter is sublime. Two scenes of farewell between Negina...

... automotives, beauty products, food and others. Salans' Russian Competition Law Practice has been developing fast and handles some of the most complex competition law projects in Russia. Until now, it has been co-managed by Moscow partner Mathieu Fabre-Magnan and Brussels partner Edward Borovikov. Mathieu Fabre-Magnan said: "We are delighted Marat has joined Salans to head our Competition Law Practice in Russia, which we believe he will take to a yet higher level."

... Yabloko's vote monitors would probably switch over to A Just Russia or the Communist Party. The Central Elections Commission said Monday that it had discovered irregularities in about 4 percent of Prokhorov's signatures, meaning that the former metals magnate will likely be registered by the weekend. Keeping his opposition line, Prokhorov took umbrage at the possibility of Yavlinsky's exclusion. "Grigory Yavlinsky's removal from the ballot would be a blow to the election's legitimacy," he...

... middle class — has unveiled a 15-page presidential platform that closely reflects the demands made by protesters at two massive opposition rallies last month. Friday's platform, which arrives a month after the greenhorn politician and former metals magnate announced his candidacy, could lure voters away from other liberal candidates, but it is unlikely to dispel suspicions about the independence of the Kremlin-linked businessman, whom the latest polls show lagging far behind the favorite, Prime...