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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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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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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
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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Columnists

How to Depict Sour Faces and Sour Smiles
By Michele A. Berdy

The Price of Rotten Stability
By Georgy Bovt

The Dangers Of Wearing A Headscarf
By Yulia Latynina

Lessons About Franco, Football and Freedom
By Yevgeny Kiselyov

Something Old, Something New
By Alexei Pankin

A Nation With 2 Armies
By Alexander Golts

Hiddink No Corrupt Nincompoop
By Alexei Bayer

Putting Some Meat in EU Summit Talks
By Vladimir Frolov

A Battle Against Everything Soviet
By Boris Kagarlitsky

Inflation's Sun Spots Stain Economic Successes
By Anders Aslund

Local Elections Outside of the Kremlin Box
By Nikolai Petrov

Direct Elections Might Not Be So Bad After All
By Konstantin Sonin

When I Say Russia, You Say ...
By Mark H. Teeter

Worrying Sign Of Crackdown On Azeri Press
By Matthew Collin

Advice for President Obama
By Richard Lourie

From Vancouver to Vladivostok
By Fyodor Lukyanov

Immunity From the Oil Curse
By Martin Gilman






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