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The Moscow Times Moscow Guide – Winter 2008

Since the middle of autumn one of the most important topics of discussion, could only be … no, not the financial crisis… New Year! The winter issue of The Moscow Times Moscow Guide is entirely devoted to New Years celebrations. Seven great ideas for celebrating the “Night of Nights” will help readers finalise their plans and choose how and where to party, give fresh ideas and lots of practical advice.

And don’t forget – problems will come by themselves, but happiness and luck need an invitation. That why the more cheerful and light-hearted your celebration of the coming holiday is, the happier and more successful 2009 will be for you.

The Crisis: Signs of a Kremlin Fearful Of Unrest

Sociologist Yevgeny Gontmakher has painted a disturbing picture of what might emerge from the financial crisis, forecasting continued unemployment, huge protests and spreading violence.

Market Matters: Huge Grain Harvest No Boon for Farmers

This year Russia is enjoying the biggest grain harvest it has ever seen -- and farmers couldn't be more worried.



Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Updated at 31 December 2008 22:36 Moscow Time

Due to the extended Russian New Year's holidays, the next issue of
The Moscow Times will be published Jan. 12

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Create Yourself

28 May 2008The newspaper The Moscow Times is happy to announce the start of a charity program "Create Yourself" to aid children with limited abilities including a website, www.sotvorisebya.ru, and photo album with children's drawings and photos. Every child will receive as a gift the photo album with their own creations.

With this project the organizers would like to show adults that all children can develop, create and live active social lives. Participants in the program are children from 5 to 14 years of age (not depending on their level of health).

The project will include:
creation of a website with photographs and information about the participants and partners,competition of drawings and photographs, exhibition of photographs and drawings, publication of a photo album (each participant will receive a copy of the photo album as a gift), press conference (presentation of the photo album) and gathering of resources to help children with limited abilities.

On the program's website will be information about the non-profit participants so that sponsor companies and private individuals may transfer funds to them directly. The charity organization is required only to communicate to possible participants about the competition and to invite them to participate. The organizers are ready to help children by placing their work on the website. Program Partner - CAF (Charities Aid foundation)

Contact Information: Elena Verhovskaya (elenav@imedia.ru)- director of marketing and business development The Moscow Times, +7 495 232 3200. www.themoscowtimes.com