... of the cruise liner that capsized off the coast of Tuscany last week, killing at least six, recalled a haphazard evacuation and heaped scorn on the ship's captain, whom the ship's operator has blamed for the disaster. Russian survivors of the cruise liner that capsized off the coast of Tuscany last week, killing at least six, recalled a haphazard evacuation and heaped scorn on the ship's captain, whom the ship's operator has blamed for the disaster. The...

... once. The government had no choice but to push through reforms rapidly, often without any preparation. That may have been the best possible strategy — even in those countries that made the transition from socialism without suffering an economic disaster, such as the Czech Republic and Poland. A conference marking the 20th anniversary of the famous workshops of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis was recently held in Vienna. Twenty years ago, Russian reformers learned about...

... "If you don't look at the date, you could mistake it for a present-day election ad." In the ad, Putin endorses Dmitry Medvedev with a caption above reading, "Who's next? You Decide." The exhibit aims to showcase both PR masterpieces and disasters, although the latter are more in evident. In one poster, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov stands in front of a birch tree looking uncomfortable with the words "flora" and "fauna" inexplicably written below. Some ads...

... Miller said in June. Cargoes of liquefied natural gas, which kept Europe oversupplied in 2010, were diverted to Asia to counter a shortfall created by idled nuclear capacity in Japan last year. Japan boosted imports of LNG to a record in 2011 after the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi reactor in March led to the shutdown of most of its atomic plants. Colder than usual weather in most of Europe earlier this month boosted demand for Russian gas. While rejecting calls for extra gas exports amid freezing...

... would have been fairer if the Abramovich-Berezovsky trial had been heard in Russia, Putin said in his annual question-and-answer session in December. Edward Mermelstein, a New York-based attorney who represents wealthy Russians, said the case had been a disaster for the image of the country's businessmen, including Abramovich. "At this point, Abramovich has already lost simply because of all the negative press associated with this event," he said, noting that Berezovsky's image was already...

... the cost of higher short-term deficits. The world is facing unprecedented challenges. Never before in recent history has a deep recession coincided with seismic geopolitical change. The temptation to favor misguided national priorities could lead to disaster for everyone. Only enlightened leadership can avert this outcome. European leaders must understand that adjustment programs have a social as well as a financial side, and that they will be unsustainable if those affected face the prospect of...

... loan followed by an IPO would mirror the route taken by Oleg Deripaska’s aluminum giant RusAl, which refinanced a $4.5 billion loan in late 2009 before raising $2.5 billion in a Hong Kong and Paris IPO a few months later. The RusAl IPO has been a disaster for investors, however, with the shares trading at little over half their listing price of 10.8 Hong Kong dollars. Send In the Doctor Mechel is thought to be able to count on the backing of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for state financial support...

.... The dangers of plying the Arctic seas were spotlighted when a drilling rig with 67 crew members capsized and sank off Russia's far eastern island of Sakhalin in a storm last month, killing 53. Experts say a leak even a fraction of the size of BP's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico could be devastating in frozen seas — halting dreams of Arctic transformation in their tracks. "Ice, like a blotter, easily absorbs oil products, and oil stuck to ice can spread colossal distances," said...

... did they not save anyone when problems occurred?" asked Dmitry Svistunov, the son of Nikolai Svistunov, the rig's doctor who remains missing. Maritime expert Mikhail Voitenko told The Moscow Times that he thinks an honest investigation into the disaster would reveal a great number of errors. He also suspects that the platform suffered from greater technical problems than have already been revealed, as the "very experienced" owners of the Magadan would not have agreed to a potentially...

... the Urals and Siberia, a critical juncture between the East and West. The city is on track to become a central transportation and logistics hub for Eurasia. Second, it has a high potential for economic growth, and there is a very low risk of natural disasters. And on the light side, everybody imagines that people in Tyumen walk around with suitcases full of money. 
Q: What would you recommend to see in Tyumen? A: Of course, I would invite you to swim in the thermal hot springs when it's minus...