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Create Yourself
The newspaper The Moscow Times is happy to announce the start of a charity program "Create Yourself" to aid children with limited abilities including a website, www.sotvorisebya.ru, and photo album with children's drawings and photos. Every child will receive as a gift the photo album with their own creations.
Testimonials
"The Moscow Times is noted for its independent and high quality expert evaluations. In this sense the paper is always interesting and I hope it continues to attract a large audience of readers."-Rustam Yuldashev, President STS-Logistics
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Market Matters: Struggling Stocks Spur New Record Oil Prices Oil hit another record of just under $143 as global stocks tumbled last week, with the Dow briefly dipping into bear market territory as investors sought safety in gold, government debt and the Swiss franc.
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Saturday, July 05, 2008
Updated at 03 July 2008 23:36 Moscow Time
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Chelsea Owner Escapes Politics
By Matt Siegel, Nabi Abdullaev
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday accepted the resignation of Roman Abramovich, the Kremlin's most loyal oligarch, as governor of the far eastern Chukotka autonomous district, a job Abramovich has long made clear that he wanted out of. |
Work-Permit Tour Exemplifies Strange Feud
By Miriam Elder
A senior TNK-BP employee and the government's top work-permits official walked triumphantly into the sunshine Thursday, after the Federal Migration Service issued eight permits to the firm's senior staff, including CEO Robert Dudley. |
Medvedev Will Make Economic Pitch to G8
By Anna Smolchenko / Staff Writer
The Group of Eight summit in Japan next week will be a global coming out party of sorts for Dmitry Medvedev, as the new president is expected to offer his take on global economic problems and their possible solutions. |
Medvedev, Miller Look for Azeri Gas
Europe’s bill for Russian gas will rise by one-quarter by the end of 2008 and eventually double, Gazprom chief Alexei Miller said Thursday on a Central Asian energy tour with President Dmitry Medvedev. |
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| Vladimir Filonov / MT Artamonov, left, shaking hands with Cridland, who is holding Dudley’s newly issued work permit, at an office of the Federal Migration Service on Thursday.more |
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Putin Says Sochi Sites Must Move
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered that three sites for planned Olympic venues be moved because of environmental concerns and reprimanded the Sochi games preparations chief for weak assurances that construction would be finished on time. |
Power Machines Wins Iraq Deal
By Nadia Popova
Power Machines, the country’s biggest energy machinery producer, announced Thursday that it would build a 26.8-megawatt hydrostation in northern Iraq by July 2010, raising hopes for other Russian firms looking to re-enter the country. |
Leaks Damage Politkovskaya Investigation
For almost a year, the Prosecutor General's Office and its Investigative Committee have been competing over who could reveal more sensitive information on the investigation into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. |
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