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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.



Thursday, January 08, 2009 Updated at 31 December 2008 22:36 Moscow Time.

The Moscow Times » Issue 3868 » Community

What to Do: Discuss Women's Issues

25 March 2008By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow TimesThe International Women's Club is holding an international conference in Moscow on March 27 to coincide with the organization's 30th anniversary. The conference will be the first of its kind in Russia.

The conference will be organized into four formal working sessions, focusing on the challenges for women today, women in health care and culture and education. Within these broad topics, issues such as career choices, family challenges, racial intolerance and trafficking of women will be discussed.

A panel of speakers will include Dendev Badarch of Unesco, Lisa Carty of the UN HIV/AIDS program, writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Duma deputy Lyubov Sliska and many other distinguished women.

The event is free for both members and nonmembers.

The International Women's Club in Moscow has over 800 members and is open to all women who live in Moscow.

International Conference "Women in a Changing World," Thursday, March 27, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Library of Foreign Literature, 1 Nikoloyamskaya Ulitsa, M. Taganskaya, For more information, call 915-01-65 or visit www.iwcmoscow.ru