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MOSCOW AFP — Russia is to invest 600 billion rubles (24.6 billion dollars, 16.7 billion euros) in hi-tech industries over two years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. "We have never put this kind of money into this area," Putin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news...
MOSCOW, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mechel OAO , one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, carries on its corporate tradition to arrange recreation and health promotion for children of its subsidiaries' employees. In line with its corporate program of recreation and health promotion for children...
MOSCOW, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") today announced that it has issued Russian ruble-denominated bonds through LLC VimpelCom-Invest, a consolidated Russian subsidiary of VimpelCom, in an aggregate principal amount of 10 billion Russian rubles, which is the equivalent of approximately...
David Benioff is a hot-shot Hollywood screenwriter, with 'The Kite Runner' and the latest 'X-Men' film under his belt. So why, asks Christian House, swap the big bucks for the genteel world of literary fiction? Within minutes of introducing himself, David Benioff has...
TOKYO and MOSCOW, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TransTeleCom Company CJSC TTK, Russia's leading telecommunications backbone operator and NTT Communications Corporation NTT Com, announced on July 3 that the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System HSCS, which directly links the two companies' telecom networks via an undersea cable between Nevelsk,...
MOSCOW, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mechel OAO , one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces the results of its Annual General Shareholders' Meeting that was held on June 30, 2008. The Annual General Shareholders' Meeting adopted the following resolutions: ...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/317eb0/six_sizzling_marke) has announced the addition of the "Six Sizzling Markets: How to Profit from Investing in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Korea, and Mexico" report to their offering. In Six Sizzling Markets, seasoned financial veteran Pran Tiku effectively outlines...
The European Union, NATO and the United Nations are all turning a blind eye to the troubles in the Balkans. Europe’s recurring nightmare in the Balkans has returned. On June 15, Kosovo will announce full statehood. But NATO is allowing Serbs to turn northern Kosovo...
MOSCOW -- Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC [NYSE: WBD] today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. * Group sales rose 34.8% year-on-year to US$731.9 million * Gross profit increased 26.2% to US$219.5 million * Operating income increased 23.2%...
MOSCOW -- "COMSTAR - United TeleSystems" OJSC ("Comstar" or "the Group") (LSE: CMST), the leading integrated telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, today announced its unaudited consolidated US GAAP financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2008. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS *...
MOSCOW and NEW YORK, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") , a leading provider of telecommunications services in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS today announced its financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31,...
MOSCOW, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mechel OAO , one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces its board's dividend recommendation. On May 29, 2008, Mechel's Board of Directors recommended to the annual general shareholders' meeting an annual dividend of 26.38 rubles per one ordinary share...
The melodramatic title of Berliner Dennis Rudolph's first New York solo show, 'THE HOLY WAR, Chapter One: The Sacrifice of Youth," belied the reserved execution of its main feature--a group of eight identically sized paintings sourced from photographs of German World War II soldiers. Each of the...
Making the most of their newfound spending power, Russia's consumers are boosting the fortunes of the country's banks and corporations. With Russia's economy fueled by petrodollars, Russian consumers are on a spending spree that has made them Europe's largest consumer market. Although some analysts say escalating...
Decimated in the collapse of the Soviet regime the Russian Navy is reinventing itself as never before THE RUSSIAN NAVY -A PRISONER OF FINANCE It has been over 17-yr since the formal collapse of the Soviet Union. More correctly, the Soviet Union was a military...
For the week of May 12 - 16, 2008 the total trading volume on RTS equaled 6,8 bln. dollars (163,4 bln. rubles*), including all types of trades. The top sellers of the week were Gazprom ordinary shares GAZP -$68,186 mln, Sberbank ordinary shares SBER -...
McDonald's expects to open 40 restaurants in Russia this year, bringing the overall number of outlets in the country to 233. McDonald's opened 21 new restaurants in 2006 with investment totaling more than 1.5 billion rubles...
A funny thing happened after launching the euro...foreign exchange trading opened up for retail traders and the long-term trends the currency markets were so well known for truncated. Volatility increased and trading these markets became a short-term trader's mecca. Currency trading has long been the domain of global banks...
A small crimson bloodstain painted in immaculate illustration-style detail soaks the camisole of a woman slumped on a couch, her hand resting motionless in a bag of hair curlers cradled in her lap. A plump, lifeless blonde is propped against a blood-streaked green wall, her legs awkwardly cocked amid cigarettes...
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