The World Bank, the United Nations and the Economic Development Ministry emphasized the potential for developing state subsidized home construction, also known as "social housing," in Russia at a roundtable. The World Bank, the United Nations and the Economic Development Ministry emphasized the potential for developing state subsidized home construction, also known as “social housing,”...

... already prepared and coordinated with all the agencies concerned a government project to purchase homes belonging to the Laboratory of Country Life company in the village of Polyanka Deluxe," the paper wrote. The newspaper noted that to purchase the houses, the Office for Presidential Affairs will sell some of its assets at the Sheremetyevsky hotel complex worth up to $170 million. Polyanka Deluxe is located 21 kilometers outside of Moscow and borders on the elite village of Gorki 8. Polyanka Deluxe...

... to leave the building without documents that Kosarev claims have historical and archival value. In the late 1990s, Perlovy & Co. took out a 49-year lease from the Moscow city government for 1,800 square meters of the ornate 2,400-square-meter Perlov House — named after a pre-revolutionary merchant — on Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, where a well-known tea and coffee store is located. Finam invested $5 million in the reconstruction of the building, Vedomosti reported. Perlovy & Co. also spent 100...

The city-run Moscow Center for Children's and Family Leisure and Health, or MCC, might receive 500 billion rubles ($16 billion) to build kindergartens, housing, schools and medical facilities. The city-run Moscow Center for Children's and Family Leisure and Health, or MCC, might receive 500 billion rubles ($16 billion) to build kindergartens, housing, schools and medical facilities. The center...

"Two in Your House" is the latest political act mounted by the folks who tirelessly bring us slices of theatricalized contemporary life at Teatr.doc. "Two in Your House" is the latest political act mounted by the folks who...

A 56-year-old woman from the Urals set herself on fire in front of the White House on Sunday, two weeks after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited her region for a rally supporting his presidential bid. A 56-year-old woman from the Urals set herself on fire in front of the White House on Sunday, two weeks after Prime...

A fire broke out Sunday at a Moscow nuclear research center that houses a nonoperational 60-year-old atomic reactor. A fire broke out Sunday at a Moscow nuclear research center that houses a nonoperational 60-year-old atomic reactor, an emergency official said. While Russia's nuclear agency said there were no...

... preliminary estimates, the territory around the factory has the potential to accommodate about 40,000 additional square meters of property, Kuzmin said, adding that no offices or retail outlets should be located on the site. Guta Development plans to build housing on the site as part of the project, Kuznetsov told The Moscow Times, declining to elaborate on the possible construction volumes before City Hall provides all the regulation documents. Kuzmin supported building the apartment complexes, saying...

... losses this year by switching to locally produced series that are less expensive to air than imported shows, according to Troika Dialog. CTC Media began airing "Doctor Zaitseva's Diary" this month, a romantic drama set in Russia and produced in-house and will start broadcasting a new comedy series called "Eighties" on Jan. 30, according to the company's website. "They are learning from their past mistakes and are now concentrating on relatively inexpensive and yet popular with...

... minted envoy said on his LiveJournal blog. He'll begin work on Tuesday as the embassy remains closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day, giving the McFauls extra time to get comfortable in the U.S. ambassador's palatial residence, Spaso House. McFaul is not a career diplomat but is one of the most prominent Russia experts in the United States. He pursued an academic career before Obama appointed him as a special assistant and senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs in the National...

... of Emergency Diesel Power systems at various industrial facilities in the US and Russia, including the Caterpillar 8 MW 10kV Power Plant at Schuchye Chemical Weapons Destruction Project in Russia, Caterpillar 11 MW Power house at the Kubaka Gold Mine (owned by Kinross Gold, Canada) site in Russian Far East, project of Caterpillar 5 MW Power house in Sakhalin Island. </td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Computer...

Michel Hazanavicius’ acclaimed black-and-white silent comedy “The Artist” is up for 10 Academy Awards. Catch it at Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. Be warned, the movie house is not sure which language the caption-cards are in. A Dangerous Method (Opasny Metod, 2011): David Cronenberg’s drama involves the few years during which psychoanalysis was invented through the efforts of Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen)...

... opposition politicians and government critics, international rights groups said Wednesday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said this week's arrest of activists and journalists suggests authorities want to silence their detractors. Washington-based Freedom House said the arrests "undermined respect for fundamental freedoms." Among those detained and facing charges of inciting the unrest are unregistered Alga party leader Vladimir Kozlov and newspaper editor Igor Vinyavsky. Security services...

... collection but was unsure of what exactly to do with the photographs. In 2008, Grosjean was invited by the previous American Ambassador John Beyrle to compile a special exhibit of her mother's photography in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Spaso House, the American ambassador's residence in Moscow. The exhibit pieced together Knight-Davies's restored photographs together with diary entries. The photographs are now on regular display, and Grosjean's restoration project has grown from family archiving...

... all are! Tyumen is known for oil extraction and refinement. We are in the process of building a new generation of processing facilities, and oil services companies like Schlumberger are having a lot of success. Tyumen is also one of the leaders in housing development, and the governor gives a lot of attention to agriculture. There are active investment projects for public utilities, including a project by Diamant Group to create a facility for sorting and recycling waste products. Tyumen’s...

... disagreeable distributional consequences. But trying to reduce it now will be a net burden on future generations. Income will be lowered immediately, profits will fall, pension funds will be diminished, investment projects will be canceled or postponed and houses, hospitals and schools will not be built. Future generations will be worse off, having been deprived of assets that they might otherwise have had. Fourth, there is no connection between the size of national debt and the price that a government...

... In Congress, some lawmakers have been so worried that the Obama administration might provide sensitive information to Moscow that they recently wrote a ban on sharing classified data into law, unless the administration notifies Congress first. "House Republicans will not allow any delay to efforts to deploy missile defenses that protect the United States. Nor will we permit sharing with Russia classified information about our missile defense," said Representative Michael Turner, chairman...

... writer Meg Miroshnik, directed by Ilya Shagalov. Playwright and Director Center. 8 p.m. The Hairdresser (Parikmakhersha): Ruslan Malikov directs Sergei Medvedev’s play about a young provincial woman (Inga Oboldina). Praktika. 7 and 9 p.m. The House (Dom): Yevgeny Grishkovets’ play about money and friendship, material and spiritual values. Contemporary Play School. 7 p.m. The Killer (Ubiitsa): Alexander Molchanov’s play about a young man who thinks he has to kill a man in order...

... MT Pick The Schooling of Bento Bonchev (Klass Bento Boncheva): Mikhail Ugarov directs Maksym Kurochkin’s play about a young man in the future who does not believe love or sex ever existed. Playwright and Director Center. 8 p.m. Women’s House (Baby Dom): a contemporary Russian comedy. Contemporary Play School. 7 p.m. Friday, February 3rd A Perfect Murder (Idealnoye Ubiistvo): a contemporary detective comedy directed by Andrei Zhitinkin. Satire Theater. 7 p.m. Boys (Malchiki): Sergei...

... Nazarbayev as prime minister on Friday, demonstrating its loyal backing for the veteran leader after elections criticized by the West as falling short of democracy. Karim Masimov will embark on a sixth year as prime minister after 92 deputies in the lower house voted to retain the government. Five in the 107-seat chamber voted against, and eight abstained. Masimov, 46, is the longest-serving Kazakh prime minister, having held the job since January 2007. A Nazarbayev loyalist fluent in several languages...