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Moscow News №12 2009
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‘Courage and greatness’
By Andy Potts
Conservationists have called on City Hall to preserve Budyonovsky.
Local
Should Moscow’s constructivist legacy be saved?
By Nathan Toohey
Architecture aficionados adore Constructivism, but City Hall wants it deconstructed
Local
Vox pop - Liza Chapkovsky asked local residentswhether they were satisfied with their abodes
Comment
No quick cure for Russia’s oil addiction
By Sergei Balashov
Despite continued calls for diversification, investors remain too afraid to put their money elsewhere
Comment
Getting the Oscars treatment
By Tim Wall
Talk about a sense of unreality. Never mind that the world is staring down the twin barrels of the sawn-off shotgun of a depression - for the 24-hour news channels, the G20 summit in London was a kind of popularity contest.
Comment
A credibility deficit
By Roland Oliphant
The draft budget for the coming year has finally been sent to the State Duma for approval. The original document, based on the price of oil at $95 per barrel, had to be rewritten when oil prices collapsed.
Comment
From foes to friends
By Dmitry Babich
Judging from past experience, Russia and the United States can become allies just as fast as they became enemies
News
Nuclear talks will be tough
By Ayano Hodochi and Ed Bentley
While President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, have agreed to restart talks on cutting nuclear weapons, the chances of quick progress on other, more controversial issues between Washington and Moscow still seem remote.
News
Veteran activist Ponomaryov attacked
The Moscow News
Assault on 67-year-old believed to be in revenge for his work with opposition politics
Business
Rise in jobless fuels fears of return to ’98
By Ed Bentley
More than one in 10 of Russia's workforce will be out of work by the end of this year - as its economy shrinks by 4.5 per cent.
Business
Fear and loathing at a Moscow job centre
Elena Kirillova, of the Moscow News, spoke to job-seekers at an employment centre in southern Moscow, where long lines of people complained that only a few, low-paid jobs were on offer.
Business
G20 plans aid of $1 trillion
By Andy Potts
G20 leaders in London on Thursday reached agreement on a draft rescue plan for the world economy, which would see up to $1.1 trillion channelled in financial aid to fend off a deepening global recession.
Cinema
Cinema - Genova
British director Michael Winterbottom is known for his high productivity: he puts out a new movie every year, and sometimes even more often.
Culture
In brief - Stolen kiss to make a comeback on remaining part of Berlin Wall
Stolen kiss to make a comeback on remaining part of Berlin Wall; Pop duo t.A.T.u. calls it quits, Mikhalkov voted back in, but filmmakers keep on feuding, Crisis hits ‘Benois de la Danse'
Feature
Russia on the Runway
By Ayano Hodouchi
There’s no consensus about what’s in style among designers at Russian Fashion Week
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