Today is a big day for voting in the world’s biggest country, with people deciding on a fresh board of lawmakers for the lower house of the Russian parliament. Leaving behind months of heated debates and politicking, it is now up to the people to have their say. The turnout is expected to be high [...]
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December 4, 2011
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October 15, 2011
Russia to set up health check points in CIS countries for migrant labor
Russia’s consumer safety watchdog is planning to set up certified laboratories in the CIS states to check potential migrant labor for dangerous infections, Rospotrebnadzor chief Gennady Onishchenko said on Friday. “Unfortunately, [at the moment] we only do checks here [in Russia]. We are planning to certify laboratories there, ones that we could trust,” he said. [...]
September 12, 2011
The law comes knocking
Corporate lawyers working in Russia might smile at visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron’s call for the state to apply the law fairly in business deals. His plea comes two weeks after black-clothed Special Forces raided the Moscow offices of oil company BP as part of a dispute with prominent Russian shareholders in the joint [...]