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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.



Monday, January 05, 2009 Updated at 31 December 2008 22:36 Moscow Time.

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News in Brief

01 October 2008

Lukashenko Defends Vote

MINSK -- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday defended his country's parliamentary elections despite the opposition's failure to win a single seat.

Lukashenko told observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation Tuesday that the vote was in line with Belarussian law. He said Belarus now expects the EU to lift economic and travel sanctions against Belarus.

The OSCE said the vote fell short of democratic standards.

The United States and the European Union have imposed economic sanctions on the country and a travel ban on Lukashenko and his officials.

"Visa restrictions are a shame for Europe," Lukashenko said. (AP)

U.S. Stalling Pact: Lavrov

UNITED NATIONS -- Russia has accused the United States of stonewalling negotiations on a new pact on reducing the size of the two powers' nuclear arsenals.

"Negotiations between us and Washington to make sure that after the START I treaty expires in December 2009 we have some meaningful strategic arms control regime, these negotiations are not so far heading anywhere," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.

Speaking on the sidelines of the annual open debate of the UN General Assembly, which ended later on Monday, Lavrov said the reason the talks had stalled was that "our American colleagues do not want to keep limits on the delivery vehicles [missiles] and on nuclear warheads in storage." (Reuters)