Comment Balancing the interests of winners and losers Tim Wall It's an oligarch-eat-oligarch world out there. As Russia's economy slides further down the tubes, and a majority of its billionaires adjust to not being billionaires any more, some of the country's leading tycoons are taking matters into their own hands.

News Job cuts fuelling unrest Driving into downtown Yaroslavl, a taxi driver boasts that the city is doing well, despite the crisis. But in the city's industrial quarter, economic problems are mounting, people are being made redundant and discontent is growing.

Business 55 Russians off Forbes list By Andy Potts and Anna Arutunyan There's no sign of a spring-time thaw for Russia's hard-up billionaires - they've lost an estimated $369 billion according to the annual Forbes Rich List, and their number has shrunk from 87 to 32.

Comment Lyrics, nationalism and gay pride By Roland Oliphant Some people take Eurovision way too seriously

Business McCrisis profitable for fast-food chains By Ed Bentley The crisis has caused many things to shrink - GDP and salaries are just two of them - but despite the economic gloom some things are continuing to expand, most noticeably fast-food chains and consequently, waistlines.

Business Russians told to ‘prepare for the worst’ By Anna Arutunyan Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has backed a large deficit budget for 2009 - and dropped previous plans for a three-year budget - in the clearest admission yet by the government that the world economic crisis has brought the Russian economy grinding to a halt.

Culture Mae Day By Ayano Hodouchi Who said musicians starve to death? Vanessa-Mae has made a fortune with her violin playing, and her wealth is estimated to exceed $50 million - enough money to buy a dozen Stradivariuses.

Culture Last-minute entrant’s win sparks outrage By Vladimir Kozlov Not only is Russia’s chosen entrant Ukrainian, she is also deemed politically incorrect

Local Crisis teaching By Andy Potts It's been an anxious few weeks for the city's army of English teachers.

Sports Army men fear rout By Andy Potts The hottest sporting ticket in town this weekend is the on-going ice hockey play-off between city rivals CSKA and Dinamo.

Local Imperial bling By Phoebe Taplin When the skies are grey and the streets are frozen mud, what you need is bling - gold, silver, platinum, precious gems and pearls.

Real Estate Apartment swap comeback By Ayano Hodouchi The effects of the crisis on the real estate market in Moscow, as seen by a drop in real estate prices, may trigger an increase in the number of property deals where buyers swap apartments

Local Recession sees no love lost By Nathan Toohey Wedding bells rang in the new year with more vigour than ever, as January saw more than 5,000 couples tie the knot

News Court seizes Telenor’s stake in VimpelCom RIA Novosti Russian bailiffs have seized the 29.9 per cent stake in Russian mobile phone operator VimpelCom held by Telenor following a long-running shareholder dispute, the Norwegian telecommunications firm said on Thursday.

News Chichvarkin put on Interpol wanted list The Associated Press Russia asked Interpol to place flamboyant entrepreneur Yevgeny Chichvarkin on its wanted list over kidnapping and extortion charges.