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- Standard Oil and Yukos in the Context of Early Capitalism in the United States and Russia
- Abstract: The author compares two conflicts between large businesses and the state in the United States and Russia. Although almost one hundred years apart, the Standard Oil and Yukos cases are comparable in so far as they erupted in the context of early capitalism in a weak institutional environment. Both...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Market Commentary on Magna International, Inc.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2007-bellwetherreport.com: Market Commentary on Magna International, IncC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10052007 Market Commentary on Magna International, Inc (NYSE:MGA) Magna International, Inc., a diversified automotive supplier, engages in the design, development, and manufacture of automotive systems,...
- Research articles 2007-05-10
- Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond
- Holy Fools in Byzantium and Beyond, by Sergey A. Ivanov, translated by Simon Franklin. Oxford Studies in Byzantium. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006. xi, 479 pp. $99.00 US cloth. Made famous by appearances in Pushkin's play Boris Godunov and Mussorgsky's opera of the same name, in Surikov's painting of...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Americanizing the Holocaust: the case of Jakob the Liar
- Americanizing the Holocaust: The Case of Jakob the Liar by Pol O Dochartaigh This paper aims to investigate the cultural transformations that occurred in the process of converting Jurek Becker's 1969 novel Jakob der Lugner into the 1999 US film Jakob the Liar, directed by French director Peter Kassovitz....
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Architecture in the Age of Stalin: Culture Two
- Architecture in the Age of Stalin: Culture Two, by Vladimir Papernyi. Translated by John Hill and Roann Barris. Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. xxviii, 371 pp. $95.00 US cloth. As a history of Soviet architecture during the 1920s and 1930s and...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- D.S. Mirsky: A Russian-English Life 1890-1939
- D. S. Mirsky: A Russian-English Life 1890-1939. By G. S. SMITH. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000. xviii + 398 pp. + 8 plates. 65 [pounds sterling].The dualism running through Mirsky's life is extraordinary: he was a serving officer in the Imperial Army during the First World War and in the...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction
- Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution: 1881-1940. Ed. by CATRIONA KELLY and DAVID SHEPHERD. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998. xiii + 358 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling].Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Ed. by CATRIONA KELLY and DAVID SHEPHERD. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998. xiv + 428 pp. 14.99 [pounds...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution: 1881-1940
- Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution: 1881-1940. Ed. by CATRIONA KELLY and DAVID SHEPHERD. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998. xiii + 358 pp. 14.99 [pounds sterling].Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction. Ed. by CATRIONA KELLY and DAVID SHEPHERD. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998. xiv + 428 pp. 14.99 [pounds...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Reniassance
- English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance. By RACHEL POLONSKY. Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. 1998. xii + 249 pp. 45 [pounds sterling].The 'barbaric renaissance', the paradoxical title of the first part of this provocative and insightful two-part study, is a key...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
- The Recurrence of Fate: Theatre and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia. By SPENCER GOLUB. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. 1994. xiii + 277 pp. 45 [pounds sterling].Although Spencer Golub's book makes for interesting reading, it offers very little in terms of original perspectives on twentieth-century Russian theatre. In the introduction...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Why are we going in Bosnia? (U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry)(Transcript)
- U.S. troops are being sent to Bosnia to participate in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement, along with other NATO forces and troops from 15 non-NATO countries. Russian troops will also be participating as part of an American division. The main tasks for the American troops will involve establishing...
- Research articles 1996-01-01
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- DTN News: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Unhappy With Quality Of Russian Weapons
- DTN News: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev Unhappy With Quality Of Russian Weapons *Source: DTN News / Int'l Media NSI News Source Info MOSCOW, Russia - October 28, 2009: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticised on Monday the pace of military-industrial modernisation, saying it is affecting the quality...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Kremlin warns Russian defense sector
- MOSCOW, Oct. 28 UPI -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is unhappy with the development of the Russian defense sector. "Over the past few years, a lot of money has been invested in the modernization and development of the defense sector. However, the results are not high, I would say," Medvedev...
- News items 2009-10-28
- This Month: News - Russian Brides.(London Stock Exchange partners with Russian stock exchange )(Mizuho Financial Group forms alliance with Evercore Partners)(Merrill Lynch merges with BlackRock)(Brief article)
- The London Stock Exchange has begun talks about forming partnerships with a Russian stock exchange as it increases efforts to attract foreign listings by Russian companies. It has attracted a steady stream of Russian companies to its market in the pa The London Stock Exchange has...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- RUSSIA: JAPAN TO FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION OF RUSSIAN SATELLITES.(Russian Central Bank, Sumitomo Corp., Space Communications Co. agreement for financing of telecommunications satellite)(Brief Article)
- The Russian federal company Space Communication, the Russian Central Bank, and Japanese financial group Sumitomo signed an agreement on financing for an $800 million project aimed at reviving Russian telecommunications satellites, "RFERL Newsli The Russian federal company Space Communication, the Russian Central Bank, and Japanese...
- Research articles 2002-01-15
- S&P GUINEA PIGS: Historically indifferent Russia starts to heed corporate governance rules.(Standard and Poor's Corp. to study Russian companies)
- Russian companies have not been known for their adherence to good corporate governance standards. But the Russian debt crisis of 1998 gave corporate executives there a wakeup call. ``Russian managers considered these companies their private companies Russian companies have not been known for their adherence to...
- Research articles 2000-11-13
- RUSSIA: GAZPROM TO SUPPLY ISRAEL AND SYRIA.(Gazprom Russian Joint Stock Co.)(Brief Article)
- A Turkish business group said Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Turkey's state gas pipeline company Botas had reached agreement on sales of Russian natural gas to Middle Eastern states. Turgut Gur, head of the Turkish-Russian business council, told A Turkish business group said...
- Research articles 2004-09-05
- RUSSIA: PLAYBOY'S RUSSIAN PUBLISHER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL TACTICS.(Brief Article)
- Norasco Publishing, which issues "The Russian Journal," announced on 10 September that it has filed a complaint with Russian anti-monopoly authorities against the Dutch-run Independent Media company that publishes Russian versions of " Norasco Publishing, which issues "The Russian Journal," announced on 10 September that...
- Research articles 2001-09-20
- Russian trawler holding Norwegian inspectors reached Russian waters
- MOSCOW AFP — A Russian trawler which took flight with two Norwegian inspectors on board after refusing to obey orders to halt, crossed into Russian waters and was on its way to the northern port of Murmansk, Russian fleet officials said. The trawler Electron, accompanied by the Russian anti-submarine...
- Research articles 2005-10-19
- DTN News: Sukhoi Will Supply Russian Air Force With 64 Su Series Fighter Jets
- DTN News: Sukhoi Will Supply Russian Air Force With 64 Su Series Fighter Jets*Source: DTN News / Defense MediaNSI News Source Info ZHUKOVSKY Moscow region Russia - August 23, 2009: Sukhoi will supply 64 fighter jets to the Russian Air Force. The contract on the delivery of 48 Sukhoi Su-35S,...
- News items 2009-08-24
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