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Two different stratum slowly pull together

June 25, 2008 Dmitry Divin

A global player presents his vision to the world

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Alexei Zudin, Moscow

The new Russian President's political debut in Berlin and the St Petersburg International Economic Forum shed light on two of the most frequently asked questions in Russian politics

Law change on foreign investment

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Based on publications from The Moscow Times and Gazeta

Government setting up commission to monitor overseas control

We will be market number one

June 24, 2008 RBTH, prepared by RBTH

Despite corruption, excessive bureaucracy and other problems, Russia is the most promising market for foreign investment, surpassing India and China. So says a survey of foreign companies released on the eve of the St Petersburg International Economi

A man of energy

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Oliver Carroll, Moscow

Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer: There are no easy countries... everybody would go there. We work in Russia because we can work within our business principle

Gazprom interests are behind the TNK-BP row

June 24, 2008 RBTH, prepared by RBTH

The TNK-BP issue continues to excite the Moscow business press, though the rest of the capital seems unmoved, accustomed as Muscovites are to these sorts of scandals since the Mikhail Khodorkovski judgment

An uneasy energy dialogue

June 24, 2008 Valeria Sycheva, Itogi

Negotiation within the business community is the only path to solving current energy problems between Russia and the European Community, says the chairman of Russia's State Duma's international affairs committee, Konstantin Kosachev. He believes the

Red tape is still strangling the budding entrepreneur

June 24, 2008 Svetlana Nugumanova, Moscow

President of the association of small and medium-sized businesses, `Opora' Sergei Borisov, thinks it's time to develop human capital promoting enterprise and innovation-driven companies

The system is in place to help growth

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Alexei Morozov, Rossiiskaya Gazeta

Russian businessmen are convinced that the development of small businesses could greatly accelerate the growth of investment

Small companies wait for the bonanza

June 24, 2008 Tatyana Zykova, Rossiiskaya gazeta

If the government delivers on its pledge to create a friendly environment for small business, Russia may have 12-15 million small companies and individual entrepreneurs within a few years, experts predict, three or four times more than today

Aeroflot goes online

June 24, 2008 RBTH, prepared by RBTH

The hot 42 strategic businesses

June 24, 2008 RBTH, prepared by RBTH

Blending with the global economy

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Sergei Balashov, www.russiaprofile.org

Pushkin poetry bug hits London

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Natalya Reznik, London

A celebration of Russian verse held in London chooses

Singing the praises of Catherine

June 24, 2008 RBTH, James Marson, The Moscow Times

Musical theatre was almost unknown in Russia before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, foreign musicals such as Cats, Metro, Notre Dame de Paris and Chicago have filled theatres in Moscow and St Petersburg. Now Russian composers ha

Edinburgh Fringe in Moscow.

June 24, 2008 Dina Goder, Vremya Novostei

Now for a taste of summer

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Moscow

Art mosaic

June 24, 2008 RBTH, prepared by Nadya Starykh, RBTH

Author's mistake

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Victor Veber, translator

Easy, tiger: the new Spartacus

June 24, 2008 RBTH, Olga Fedorchenko, Kommersant

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Two different stratum slowly pull together

A global player presents his vision to the world

Law change on foreign investment

We will be market number one

A man of energy

Gazprom interests are behind the TNK-BP row

An uneasy energy dialogue

Red tape is still strangling the budding entrepreneur

The system is in place to help growth

Small companies wait for the bonanza

Aeroflot goes online

The hot 42 strategic businesses

Blending with the global economy

Pushkin poetry bug hits London

Singing the praises of Catherine

Edinburgh Fringe in Moscow.

Now for a taste of summer

Art mosaic

Author's mistake

Easy, tiger: the new Spartacus

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