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Renault F1 Team pilots for Formula 1 Championship 2010 Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov during the presentation of the new race car © RIA Novosti/Agency Manuscript

President Dmitry Medvedev visiting his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko © RIA Novosti

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Oleg Nikishenkov
Russia could cash in as Belarus’ strongman, Alexander Lukashenko, pushes privatisation

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Russian markets boosted by Europe bailout

Ed Bentley
A year on from the start of the rally in global equity markets, Russia's exchanges have blossomed amidst higher oil prices in the run-up to International Women's Day

09/03/2010 | Moscow News №08 2010

Russia’s science training streamlined

Andy Potts
The end of state science agency Rosnauka - merged into the Ministry of Education and Science - could sound a blow for Russia's scientific training, some experts fear

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

How to avoid ‘hopeful' IPOs

Ed Bentley
As Russia gears up for an IPO bonanza in 2010, analysts warn that the rewards might not be all they're cracked up to be

Oil company top manager Vladimir Kondrachuk shoots himself © RIA Novosti

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

Russian gas chief’s death a mystery

Anna Arutunyan
Russia's gas industry is puzzling over the mysterious death of Trans Nafta chairman Vladimir Kondrachuk, who was found with a bullet wound to the head in his Moscow office. Police say the death was a suicide, but colleagues disputed this version of events

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

$3.3bln Nevsky Fund set to close

Ed Bentley
The fund’s managers blame exceptional market volatility and long hours

$European Court of Human Rights is to hold a public hearings on the \$98 billion case of Yukos executives against Russia © Vladimir Vyatkin/RIA Novosti$

04/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

Strasbourg Court to hear $98 billion Yukos vs Russia case

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
European Court of Human Rights is to hold a public hearings on the $98 billion case of Yukos executives against Russia on Thursday, March 4

$The development of Russian car manufacturing requires the investment of 627.3 billion roubles (\$21 billion) in the next 10 years © Yury Bogatenkov/RIA Novosti$

03/03/2010 | Moscow News №07F 2010

Russia urged to invest $21 billion in the ailing car industry

Evgeniya Chaykovskaya
The development of Russian car manufacturing requires the investment of 627.3 billion roubles ($21 billion) in the next 10 years. Development of transport systems of the future is among key R&D priorities

Former NTV owner Vladimir Gusinsky © RIA Novosti

01/03/2010 | Moscow News №07 2010

Return of the prodigal oligarchs

Anna Arutunyan
For Azeri-born tycoon Telman Ismailov, who angered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year by splurging on a $1.5 billion hotel in Istanbul and got his Cherkizovsky market shut down, things couldn't get any worse, it seemed