Business Papermaker cuts jobs as Russia raises duties HELSINKI (AFP) - Europe's leading paper and cardboard maker, Stora Enso of Finland, said Wednesday it would make some 1,700 employees redundant as part of plans to cut capacity to improve profits.

Business briefing In Brief - Serbia’s parliament ratifies energy deal with Russia Serbia's parliament ratifies energy deal with Russia, Deals worth $26.6 bln agreed at Baikal Economic Forum, TNK-BP to hold IPO after 2010, OPEC cuts output to shore up falling market, Russia's GDP up 8% to $747 billion in 1H08

Comment Moscow’s new look By Oksana Kaarma, Managing partner at MIEL-Novostroyki "Moscow never sleeps," declares a popular summer hit. This could describe both Muscovites and the city's real estate market.

Comment Political climate does not deter Western real estate investors The outflow of international investments does not threaten Russia's real estate market, despite many western countries' negative view of the country's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, experts told RIA Novosti.

Around Moscow Tank weekend By Alexander Usoltsev For tank enthusiasts, this museum in Kubinka offers a glimpse of some of the most fearsome armored vehicles ever created

Columnists Secret Cinemania By Anna Ozar Every man has some skeletons in the closet, unfortunately, some of them are quite predictable

Culture The Blues Rock By Olga Yakimenko Music tends to bring out the deviants living among other, ordinary Muscovites. When attending any sort of concert or festival it's not hard to find your way to the venue; all you need to do is follow the steady stream of oddly-dressed people.

Columnists What’s with the book industry? By Vladimir Kozlov The recent 21st Moscow International Book Fair showed that the domestic book industry failed to come up with any new trends or strategies in the past year.

Columnists Sappho By Sam Gerrans Directed by Robert Crombie, written by Robert Crombie. Starring Avalon Barrie, Todd Soley and Lyudmila Shiryaeva

Restaurants & Bars Underground dining By Katya Vinogradova A dining experience in the city provides the sensation of going somewhere as you eat

Restaurants & Bars RESTAURANTS - Vapiano

Exhibitions Exhibitions - Die Bruecke (The Bridge) – German expressionists When thinking of German expressionism, the Munich-based Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue Rider) art group, consisting of Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Alert Bloch, August Macke and others, is generally recalled far more often than Die Bruecke (The Bridge); members of the Rider produced "poppier", more accessible works, whereas the Bridge went towards a different, and arguably braver direction.

Theater Theater - Tomas Kubinek – the Mad Scientist One of the most talented and popular clowns from Canada, the "certified lunatic" and "Professor of Fantastically Useless Inventions" (as well as a bit of a Nick Cave-lookalike) is visiting Russia for the first time as a participant in Slava Polunin's newest project: the International Congress of Fools.

Concerts Concert - Iggy and the Stooges There isn't a man or woman alive as energetic as Iggy Pop on stage.

Cinema Cinema - Tropic Thunder