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Moscow News №16 2009
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Russia’s stress test
Tim Wall
Like the U.S. financial system, the entire Russian economy is also facing a huge stress test - but one where we won't know the complete answer for some time to come.
Comment
A parallel universe of positive Soviet facts
Anna Arutunyan
This is the second of three articles looking at the history of The Moscow News, from 1930 to the present day.
News
Cop’s rampage excites tabloids
Andy Potts
A crackpot cop on the rampage in a suburban supermarket is everything a tabloid newspaper dreams of, and when there's high-quality in-store CCTV footage to splash on the Internet it's hard to imagine an editor resisting the chance to show some "shocking" footage.
News
Anger at Sochi poll
Andy Potts
Landslide for United Russia leaves beaten candidates crying foul beside the Black Sea
News
Bigger May Day protests planned
Ed Bentley and Anna Arutunyan
The Communists and independent trade unions are teaming up to stage demonstrations against job cuts and the deepening recession
Business
Raging bulls
VTB is patting itself on the back despite an 86 per cent profit slump.
Business
Car workers get soapy, Unilever strikes sauce deal
Andy Potts and Ed Bentley
From car-making to car-washing, the crisis has taken its toll on staff at General Motors' St. Petersburg factory - where work-starved staff have taken to scrubbing down cars to earn an honest rouble.
Business
Foreign visitors fall by one-fifth in Moscow
RIA Novosti
The number of foreign tourists visiting Moscow has dropped 19 per cent in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the same period last year as the financial crisis takes hold, the city's tourist head said on Wednesday.
Business
Gas figures seen up
Ed Bentley
Gazprom expect positive numbers but analysts anticipate bad news behind the headlines
Business
‘Hardline’ reaction to crisis feared
Andy Potts
Rising unemployment and increasing social unrest bring a real risk of a return to "hardline Putinism", according to an influential think tank.
Business
All pigs are downwardly mobile
Ed Bentley
The bear market rally is ailing, if not completely finished, as the MICEX slipped 3.6 per cent amid concerns over swine flu and the health of the economy.
Business
Medvedev to top bill at St. Pete forum
RIA Novosti
The president is expected to unveil the Kremlin’s latest plans to tackle the global economic downturn
Concerts
Concert - A brilliant baritone
Ayano Hodouchi
The Stanislavsky theatre has the honour of hosting a performance by Sergei Leiferkus, a globe-trotting star of the opera world
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Interview - Talking music with Sergei Leiferkus
Ayano Hodouchi
Was music your first choice for a career?
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