UK-Russia Crossviews

Majority rule

February 23, 2010 RBTH, Richard Lourie, The Moscow Times

A promising start to a new decade

February 23, 2010 Martin Gilman, economist

The past decade has been a roller-coaster ride for the Russian economy

No way to Afghanistan

February 23, 2010 Vladimir Snegiryov, journalist

NATO challenge

February 23, 2010 RBTH, Fyodor Lukyanov, political analyst

The real loser in Ukraine

February 23, 2010 RBTH, Dmitry Babich, political analyst

So who was the loser in the presidential elections in Ukraine? On the surface, it is the prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who finished at least 3pс behind the opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich

Nuclear diplomacy

February 23, 2010 Wayne Merry, Special to Russia Now

Russian studies revival on campus

February 23, 2010 RBTH, Mark H. Teeter, The Moscow News

A surprising rise in the popularity of Russian language studies has occurred on American college campuses. Mark Teeter ponders how we can seize the moment without it falling off once again.

Government switches to e-workflow

February 22, 2010 Alexandra Prokopenko,
ITAR TASS correspondent

E-government was launched in Russia at the end of 2009, with a single portal for government services. Soon, it might also be the way to get various certificates and documents (including a passport), avoiding long queues and red tape.

Liberals push radical agenda

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Roland Oliphant
Russia Profile.org

A think tank close to president Medvedev has released a report recommending a radical overhaul of Russia’s political system, Federal Security Service and Interior Ministry, and a reappraisal of relations with Nato and the EU.

Untangling the Caucasian knot

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Nikolai Petrov
political analyst

Crisis management: Strongman is named as a powerful Kremlin envoy to a troubled and fractured region

Faster rail travel

February 22, 2010 RBTH, RN

Luring foreigners to build a ‘Silicon Valley’

February 22, 2010 RBTH, RIA Novosti

PAK FA shot: Sukhoi’s latest fighter could be in service by 2015

Sukhoi stealth fighter tested

February 22, 2010 Heiner Klemm,
Russia Now

Aviation: Fifth-generation warplane to rival the US Raptor

Dollar billionaires buck the trend

February 22, 2010 RBTH, RN

A worker in the steel town of Magnitogorsk, a<br>community dependent on a single industry

Workers’ exodus as company towns face uncertain future

February 22, 2010 Katya Nazarova, Anatoly Tyomkin, Maxim Tovkailo, the Moscow Times

Project: Russian giant AvtoVAZ employees and families offered a fresh start

Kremlin opens door wider to foreign investment

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Viktor Kuzmin, Russia Now

The Kremlin has appointed a supervisor to improve the investment climate at home. The ombudsman will address investor grievances, and will have the authority to overrule government agency decisions seen as obstructing major investment projects.

French retailer Auchan is willing to adapt to different markets<br>in different regions of Russia

Growth in store for big supermarkets

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Tim Gosling, special for Russia Now

Retail: Domestic and foreign players vie for position in the expanding grocery sector

Art to heart: MacDougall’s has made a big impact in the<br>Russian market

Specialist with the Midas touch

February 22, 2010 RBTH, John Varoli, Russia Now

Profile: MacDougall’s art auctions are topped only by Sotheby’s

European producers back Russian cars

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Maria Antonova, The Moscow Times

Italy’s Fiat has signed a joint venture with Sollers and Germany’s Daimler, agreeing to increase its stake in KamAZ. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – who presided over the signing of the deals in Naberezhniye Chelny, Tatarstan – promised that there would be money available to support the ventures as the industry continues to struggle to stay afloat.

A Russian Olympic athlete shows off her skills at Vancouver’s<br>Stanley Park

Sochi: an Olympic makeover

February 22, 2010 RBTH, Galina Masterova
Special to Russia Now

Olympics: The next Winter Games will take place in the subtropics

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