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Army Men still on the march
Andy Potts
Krasic scorcher keeps the Wolves from the door
News
Oligarch’s sons named in Swiss car crash
Andy Potts
Reports from Switzerland that two sons of under-fire oligarch Telman Ismailov were involved in a street-racing accident look set to intensify the pressure on their beleaguered father.
News
The week in review 24 – 30 November
Andy Potts
A priest is gunned down in his church, while God faces eviction from the national anthem
News
A hard day’s night for Russian sex films
Vladimir Kozlov
The adult film industry is sexing up amid stiff competition from online pirates
News
Russian men: hot or not?
Andy Potts
The Beautiful People web site reckons Russian men are a turn-off, but Russian women take a more mixed view
News
Russian Post slashes 33,000 jobs
Ayano Hodouchi
In the latest blow for employment in the crisis, Russian Post announced on Monday it would be firing at least 33,000 people, or 8 per cent of its workforce, in 2010.
Business
Lawyer’s death sparks outrage
Ed Bentley and Anna Arutunyan
The Hermitage CEO claims Sergei Magnitsky was denied medical treatment by prison authorities
Comment
Anti-corruption 0.1
Tom Balmforth
Despite a small thumbs-up for Russia on the Transparency International index, Dmitry Medvedev’s campaign still has a long way to go
Comment
A pawn in the game
Tim Wall
The sudden death of Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer for Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder, raises a lot of awkward questions about conditions in Russian prisons and the ability of the authorities to maintain the rule of law.
Business
The December effect
Ed Bentley
Markets could be in for another bounce next month as investors get ready for the December effect, which has led emerging exchanges to gains in 17 of the last 20 years.
Ask the experts
Will there be a new gas war?
Ed Bentley
Experts divided over whether Gazprom and Ukraine are on a collision course
Business
Fraud central
Ed Bentley
Economic crime in Russia is the worst in the world according to recent surveys
Columnists
Resetting race
Mark H. Teeter
Does Obama’s colour say different things in Beijing and Moscow?
Business
The week in review 24 – 30 November
Andy Potts
Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko seal a gas deal to prevent a winter freeze in relations between Moscow and Kiev
Feature
Cheap, warm and wonderful…
Phoebe Taplin
Ten top ideas for indoor entertainment in Moscow for less than 100 roubles…
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Russian policeman kills berserk ax attacker
09:36 17/03/2010 |
A police officer in southeast Russia shot dead a man who attacked him with an ax, a spokeswoman for the regional police department said on Wednesday.
China suffers longest drought in 100 years, drinking water sparse
08:54 17/03/2010 |
Some 20 million Chinese are have been hit by the longest drought in a century, with drinking water in residential homes being turned on for only a few hours per day, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
Honda drives CSKA Moscow into Champions League quarters
08:40 17/03/2010 |
A long-range free-kick by Japanese international Keisuke Honda saw CSKA Moscow recorded a famous victory in Spain as they beat Sevilla 2-1 and progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
U.S. reiterates its stance over Iran nuclear issue
07:04 17/03/2010 |
The United States says it will go on pressuring Iran over its controversial nuclear issue and continue its work within the Iran Six mediators format, a U.S. Department of State official said.
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