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New York Times International Weekly and International Herald Tribune rank top in european readership results

The European Media and Marketing Survey 2008 shows that two publications of The New York Times Media Group - The New York Times International Weekly and the International Herald Tribune (IHT) - are delivering a combined readership of 1.3 million among Europe’s high earners.


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-Mathieu Fabre-Magnan, Managing Partner
Salans Moscow Office

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Business: RenCap Cuts RTS '08 Target to 2,350
Renaissance Capital on Monday slashed its year-end forecast for the benchmark RTS Index from 3,000 to 2,350 and increased its equity risk premium for the country from 4 percent to 5.5 percent in a sign of continued investor jitters.

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Petition Pleads for Khodorkovsky Parole
By Nadia Popova / Staff Writer Amid heavy drizzle outside the Chita Drama Theater, half a dozen campaigners on Wednesday gathered signatures for a petition to free jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the eve of his parole hearing.
Syrian Arms Talk Likely to Rile West
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might be hoping to capitalize on Moscow’s current diplomatic isolation to expand military cooperation with Russia as he meets with President Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi on Thursday.
Port's Problems Echo Troubles in Georgia
By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer When Alan Middleton became CEO of the Poti Sea Port Corporation this spring, he thought he was moving to a position in a promising emerging market and not to what would soon be a war zone.
Medvedev, Tycoons To Discuss Tax Cuts
By Oleg Shchedrov / Reuters The president tells Potanin that he will meet with the RSPP big business group in September to talk over economic problems.

Nadia Popova / MT
Lyudmila Loginova, 62, signing a petition Wednesday for Khodorkovsky to be released early in Chita, where a parole hearing is to be held on Thursday.more
Russia to Hold the Line On Freddie, Fannie Debt
By Toni Vorobyova / Reuters Russia is not planning to raise its exposure to debt issued by troubled U.S. agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but will not cut it rapidly, Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said Wednesday.
Activist Shareholder's Claims Thrown Out
By Anatoly Medetsky / Staff Writer A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected a demand by a minority shareholder that state oil giant Rosneft shed more light on its deals with oil trader Gunvor.
Predicting the Next Aug. 17
What is there about modern-day Russia and the month of August? Each year it is rare that the month passes without Moscow finding itself caught up in some history-making event. This year it is the war with Georgia.
Georgian Crisis Is a Trap for U.S. Leadership
The fighting between Georgia and Russia has resulted in a serious political crisis in U.S.-Russian relations. It seems as if both sides have gone back to the sharp Cold War rhetoric of the early 1980s.
Shooting Young Moscow's Raw and Trendy Denizens
By Anna Yukhananov / Special to The Moscow Times There are two young men on the expanse of white canvas. One wears sunglasses and a Ramones T-shirt, the other a sleeveless shirt, boxing hand wraps, and a Vans baseball cap. With their confident slouch, they are the epitome of cool, sporting the gestures, brands and attitudes of international youth culture.

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Columnists

Russia's Upside in the Georgia Conflict
By Boris Kagarlitsky

Georgian Crisis Is a Trap for U.S. Leadership
By Fyodor Lukyanov

Looking Into Saakashvili's Caucasus Soul
By Yulia Latynina

A Tried and True Diversion Tactic
By Konstantin Sonin

Still Going for Their Gold
By Mark H. Teeter

Fighting Russian Tanks With Patriotic Defiance
By Matthew Collin

Medvedev's Toughest Presidential Test
By Georgy Bovt

The Failure of Realpolitik
By Alexander Golts

Finding Out Who's to Blame for This War
By Alexei Pankin

Georgia Set the Perfect Trap
By Vladimir Frolov

The Great Writer Who Buried Communism
By Yevgeny Kiselyov

The Same Old Presidential Reserve
By Nikolai Petrov

Cleaning the Kitchen, Clothes and Mechel
By Michele A. Berdy

WTO Can Place Russia on the Right Track
By Anders Aslund

Traffic Police Reflect Russia's Value System
By Alexei Bayer

The Missiles of July
By Richard Lourie

Immunity From the Oil Curse
By Martin Gilman






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