Most Russians do not trust the non-parliamentary opposition which is now leading an active campaign against alleged falsifications of the State Duma elections, a sociological study has revealed. The survey was conducted by the independent analytical Levada Center a week before the parliamentary election. It showed that 58% of respondents have no trust in the [...]
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December 8, 2011
November 12, 2011
Ex-Finance Minister: New crisis at the gate
“The fuze is already burning,” says Russia’s former Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin. He says the global economy is balancing on the brink of another recession and the second financial crisis is already upon us. Talking at the International Sberbank Business Breakfast on Saturday, Kudrin took a pessimistic view of the future for the global economy. [...]
October 15, 2011
Russia snatch two golds at Fencing Worlds
Russia have added two more golds to their tally after winning the men’s team saber and women’s team foil at the Fencing World Championships in Catania, Italy. The Russian saber-fencers were dominant in the final against neighbors from Belarus. Nikolay Kovalev, Veniamin Reshetnikov, Aleksey Yakimenko and Pavel Bykov crushed their rivals with a 45-29 scoreline. [...]
October 13, 2011
October 6, 2011
Russia Calling!: Aleksey Yakovitsky
Saxo Bank opens up Moscow shop for the High Net Worth market Danish based investment bank, Saxo Bank, has opened a representative office in Moscow, hoping to gain a slice of Russia’s lucrative online trading and portfolio and fund investment markets.
September 27, 2011
Putin Announces Acting Finance Minister
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has named Deputy Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as acting finance minister, replacing Aleksey Kudrin, who was ousted a day earlier. Putin also said that First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov would take over Kudrin’s duties as deputy prime minister, overseeing financial issues in the government. Putin told a cabinet meeting [...]
September 18, 2011
Eurobasket bronze goes to Russia
Russia’s point guard Aleksey Shved scored the last four points of the game against Macedonia to give his team the bronze medal at the Eurobasket. The 22-year-old sank a short jumper with 27 seconds left and made two free throws after Macedonia’s Damjan Stojanovski missed a short jumper with seven seconds left. A few moments [...]
September 16, 2011
Kandinsky award exhibition opens in Moscow
Russia’s showcase contemporary art award – the Kandinsky Prize – is exhibiting works by its nominated artists at Moscow’s Central House of Artists. A jury of professionals will make the final decision on this year’s top projects. The longlist, which totals some 40 names, will shorten drastically by the end of October when a jury [...]
September 12, 2011
Russia crowned Beach Kings
Russia’s beach soccer team have played, probably, their best ever match, thrashing defending champions Brazil 12-8 in the final of the World Cup in Ravenna, Italy. Russia grabbed a 3-0 lead right from the start and never let the four-time world champions come back into the game. The fate of the final was decided in [...]