... rounds of privatizations and restrictions on the growth of state-owned companies. "It is essential to change the ideology of state control over business activity and limit its function," he wrote. The article also included a subsection on innovation — one of the catchwords associated with Medvedev. "The Russian economy is capable of not only buying, it can give birth to innovation." Speaking Monday at a session of the government commission on technology and innovation,...

... representatives of the Russian diaspora gathered last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the founding conference of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, or ­SkTech — a joint venture of MIT and President Dmitry Medvedev's Skolkovo Innovation Center announced in October. The new institute will be situated at the Skolkovo site in the Moscow suburbs, its core language will be English, and it will be focused on entrepreneurship and bringing research to market. The Skolkovo Innovation...

... take the lead? The term "capitalism" used to mean an economic system in which capital was privately owned and traded. Owners of capital got to judge how best to use it and could draw on the foresight and creative ideas of entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers. This system of individual freedom and individual responsibility gave little scope for governments to influence economic decision-making. Success meant profits, while failure meant losses. Corporations could exist only as long as free...

... example of an experiment at the feisty, deep-fringe Teatr.doc having a direct impact on the life of an established Moscow playhouse. A few major theaters have worked with plays, writers or directors coming out of, or, at least, having connections to, the innovative space known affectionately around town as Doc. These include Mikhail Ugarov's "Oblomov" and the Durnenkov brothers' "A Cultural Layer," both of which were staged at the Moscow Art Theater. Ugarov staged his own play "The...

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...." Underpinning comparisons of different models is the wish to find an absolutely secure way of generating wealth and prosperity. In a market economy, however, competition rapidly leads to emulation, and high profits associated with an original innovation turn out to be transitory. From a longer-term perspective, however, there are only temporary surges of relative wealth, just as there are only temporary surges of apparent success in a particular way of doing business. During the Industrial...

... showing voters' documents and faces as well as voters marking their ballots inside the voting booth. He also offered tips on taking scene shots at the voting precincts. His presentation was aided by some electoral props. The ballot box was transparent, an innovation introduced for the upcoming presidential election as a means of preventing fraud. "If a ray of sunlight falls at a certain angle on the semitransparent ballot box when it still has few ballot papers, we see a very rare optical phenomenon...

... Izmash was criticized for inefficiency last month by the Defense Ministry, which said it did not intend to buy any of the new A-12 models this year. Purchases of AK-47s will cease in 2012, the ministry said last year. The new A-12 enjoys a number of innovations not carried by its illustrious forbear. One of the most talked-about modifications is that the new weapon can be fired without using both hands. It has been nicknamed "a weapon for the one-handed." Firing tests are underway on the...

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... East and Africa, said at the forum. Respondents said they would feel more confident if companies provided goods and services of a high quality, addressed society's needs, put customers above profits, followed the norms of business ethics and developed innovations. 387051 179742

... cosmonauts, ballerinas and nuclear scientists, Russian circus stars have wowed generations. But the lure of high-wire acts, slapstick clowns, lion tamers, dancing elephants and exotic beasts for modern audiences is being eclipsed by the trend-setting innovations of the Cirque du Soleil. Behind the scenes at Moscow's Nikulin Circus, spinning acrobats and a juggler on a unicycle practice amid a cacophony of music and raised voices. A big gray elephant calmly awaits a turn in the ring. The stench of...

... company. Representatives of the company, including Mikushko, who attended the event said they were “surprised” not to have been formally invited. The proposed redevelopment plans envisage the creation of five zones and the construction of an innovation campus, a large leisure complex, an underground parking lot and four-star hotels. “The exhibition will remain an exhibition,” Mikushko said last year. “But after the reconstruction, it will be clearly adapted for modern use...

... government and business has contributed to the growth of monopolies and unfair competition. In addition, the economy did not grow by a single percentage point from 2008 to 2011, sparking a renewed flight of investment, as well as the country's most innovative minds. Of course, much of this was caused by the global economic crisis and even the most advanced economies experienced a slowdown. But over the same period, the economies of Russia's BRIC partners — China, India and Brazil — grew...

... reviews, news, reports (http://old.avtomir.com/news/1581/) • Taking personal interviews • Building relationships with representatives of automotive companies • Matching and handling of images and graphics. Achievements: launched innovation – the analysis of price movement of car models – in one of the magazine's headings. Co-authored the article about the 2008 Moscow Motor Show. Interviewed influential figures in automotive business such...

... combating tax fraud and tax evasion. The problem is that the respective issues are resolved on sometimes unexpected and apparently irrelevant grounds. We are also seeing cases where the Russian tax authorities revisit historic tax positions using more innovative technical arguments. This will require more diligence in Russia-related structuring, as well revisiting the historic tax position you have been taking to verify whether they are still bulletproof. 439600 379027

... center. The drones' heat sensors detect any abnormal fluctuations in temperature, while video cameras mean they can spot intruders. But they are just one of the tactics TNK-BP is utilizing to maximize crude output. The company showed some of its recent innovations to journalists during a press tour last week. Headquartered in nearby Nizhnyvartovsk, SamotlorNefteGaz, or SNG, has more than 6,500 active wells and intends to ship out 17.5 million tons of oil in 2012, a slight decrease on the 17.76 million...

... of wrongheaded policies that sought to use hard power to solve conflicts that were simply not amenable to it. The recent massive cuts to the U.S. military budget need not signal decline. They can launch an age of smarter defense, one that relies on innovative ideas, strong alliances and building partners' capacity. The shift of U.S. military priorities to the Asia-Pacific region is an understandable strategic rebalancing, given the United States' excessive focus on the Middle East and its maintenance...

... the instruction of President Dmitry Medvedev to enable investment by more than one party without forming a legal entity. A number of tax provisions relating to such partnerships were also introduced. From the point of view of taxation, among the key innovations is the ability to deduct partnership losses against a partner's other profits. Services of a partner managing the partners' common affairs under the investment partnership agreement will be exempt from value-added tax. The transfer of property...

... election, but FSK has been shielded by its focus on industrial rather than household consumers. The company is valued at $13 billion. Rusnano The $10 billion technology holding intends to invest in promising high-tech companies and help create a so-called innovation economy. The tech industry is close to the heart of gadget-loving Medvedev, who wants to modernize the economy and reduce its dependency on oil and gas. Rusnano is run by Anatoly Chubais, the architect of Russia’s post-Soviet privatization...

... distributor. The first opened in December, and all 28 should be running by the end of February, Osorin said. The Next Mobile Phone? Electric vehicles entered the Russian market when Mitsubishi Motors presented the iMiEV during an event at the Skolkovo innovation hub outside of Moscow last summer. Impressed by the results of a feasibility study that found Russian utilities companies to be enthusiastic about the idea of drivers plugging in their vehicles to charge at night, Mitsubishi launched experimental...