Meat producer Cherkizovo will hold off on new investments in pork in anticipation of a slump in prices following Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, while existing projects will lift production a third this year. Meat producer Cherkizovo will hold off on new investments in pork in anticipation of a slump in prices following Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization...

The mysterious cloak-and-dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heroes and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. NEW YORK — The mysterious cloak-and-dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heroes and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which...

Breaking with recent tradition, President-elect Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev joined in a mass rally of trade-union supporters for the annual May Day celebration of labor in an effort to boost working-class support. Breaking with recent tradition, President-elect Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev joined in a mass rally of trade-union supporters...

In 2011, Russia completed negotiations regarding its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Membership of the WTO will give Russia the advantages of being able to play a role in setting world trade rules, of Russian manufacturers not seeing their goods discriminated against on foreign markets, and of trade disputes...

Not everyone is happy that Russia will likely join the World Trade Organization this summer, and a referendum drive is under way to question the country's accession. Many Russia-based lawyers, however, welcome the nation's entry into the WTO. Not everyone is happy that Russia will likely join the World Trade...

... "The deal is almost done, it's in the final stage," the source said, adding that it may be closed in June. The deal, if consummated, would extend the logistical reach of Summa, an acquisitive group owned by Ziyavudin Magomedov that actively trades oil and is looking to branch into agricultural commodities. FESCO's asset portfolio includes a seaport in Vladivostok and a shipping fleet, railroad company Russian Troika and 21 percent of state-controlled rail group Transcontainer. The deal follows...

... "While Russia made important progress in the past year to improve intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, significant concerns remain, particularly with respect to piracy over the Internet and enforcement generally," the U.S. Trade Representative said in a report. Russia was praised in the report for establishing a court on intellectual property rights that will start operating in February 2013 and taking legal actions against infringing websites and social networks like Vkontakte...

Search engine Yandex announced the pricing of its NASDAQ initial public offering of 52 million shares at $25 per share Tuesday, higher than the earlier price guidance of $20 to $22 per share — and shot up more than 42 percent in the first half day of trading. Search engine Yandex announced the pricing of its NASDAQ initial public offering of 52 million shares at $25 per share Tuesday, higher than the earlier price guidance of $20 to $22 per...

... finished. Most focus on whether Russia ought to produce more from its oil and gas resources, or whether it ought to attempt to diversify its economic basket. How might they diversify? What mechanisms may aid the state? There is its accession to the World Trade Organization and its joining of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The latter group promotes policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people. Last week, Russia signed the OECD Anti-Corruption Convention...

Rustam Tariko's Russian Standard has completed the first phase of a deal to acquire an additional stake in Polish alcohol holding Central European Distribution Corporation, or CEDC, Interfax reported Thursday. Roust Trading acquired $30 million of new CEDC shares, the Polish company said. In addition, Russian Standard Bank bought $70 million worth of CEDC notes. CEDC, which has most of its production assets in Russia, signed a binding agreement to form an alliance with Roust Trading, acting on behalf...

International sanctions have failed to halt trade in Russian coal at Syrian ports, with buyers switching to the euro from the dollar in deals facilitated by the Syrian state bank and black-market players. International sanctions have failed to halt trade in...

... elections" and "Putin thief!" may have found a new slogan to add to its repertoire: "cigarettes and alcohol." Opposition figures including Just Russia Duma Deputy Dmitry Gudkov were among several speakers to address a newly formed trade association called the Coalition of Kiosk Owners, which rallied on Pushkin Square on Saturday to protest plans to prohibit the ubiquitous small retail outlets from selling beer and tobacco. "Just as you cannot get an honest response [from...

Meat producer Cherkizovo will hold off on new investments in pork in anticipation of a slump in prices following Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, while existing projects will lift production a third this year. Meat producer Cherkizovo will hold off on new investments in pork in anticipation of a slump in prices following Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization...

... location for viewing the northern lights are all points of pride for Murmansk residents. Despite the cold, this Arctic seaport amazingly remains ice-free all year long due to the warming effects of the North Atlantic Current, making it an important trade port on the eastern part of the Kola Peninsula. Shipping and fishing are the largest industries in the city, which trades extensively with neighboring Norway and Finland. Founded in 1916, Murmansk was officially the last city created under the Russian...

... skills of issuing official letters, carrying out of presentations.</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Other Skills:</b></td><td>03/2008 – 12/2008 – JSC "Uponor Rus", Moscow. (Russian trade representative of international company with headquarter in Finland). Company’s direction of activity: production and sales of plastic piping systems. Post: Key Account Manager. Functions: visits of key client regional offices (more than 30...

... Moscow's diplomatic support for demands that the government stop its attacks and pull back its forces, Russia sent another delivery this month. The shipments appear to be legal, as neither Russia nor Iran has signed up to Western sanctions barring such trade, and Moscow has blocked UN Security Council sanctions that would apply to all countries. But following the convoluted paper trail of the shipments shows how difficult it is for the West to enforce sanctions designed to restrict Syria's military...

... down from more than 220 points in February when opposition protests unsettled investors. Russian five-year credit default swap prices are also lower than the iTraxx SovX CEEMEA Index, which includes countries as such as Hungary and Ukraine, and now trades at 278 points. Reuters StarMine's implied rating for Sistema, co-owned by billionaire chairman Vladimir Yevtushenkov, stood at BB+ on Wednesday, higher than its corporate credit ratings from Fitch and Standard & Poor's of BB- and BB, respectively...

The U.S. prisons authority has ordered the transfer of convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout from his Brooklyn jail to a super-maximum security prison in Colorado. Ramzi Yousef, convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in 1993, is also held there, RIA-Novosti said Friday. (MT)

... of medicines and the cancellation of unequal patent fees (fees were four times higher for nonresidents), both of which were done in the lead-up to WTO accession, aim to improve intellectual property rights in Russia. Although the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a part of the Commerce Department, praised the creation of the court, it still included Russia in its annual listing of countries with the poorest intellectual property rights protection for the 16th year in a row, The Moscow Times...

... Insurance</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top"><b>Employment history:</b></td><td><p><b>Senior VIP officer. Currency control department.</b><br>OJSC «Alfa-Bank»<br>- Leading foreign trade, loan and credit agreements between VIP residents and non-residents; - Consulting clients and bank officers on currency legislation; - Monitoring currency control statements, maintaining folders of deal passports, lists of bank control; -...