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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 3879 » Health

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09 April 2008By Svetlana Osadchuk / Special to The Moscow TimesDespite all the challenges involved with giving birth, for foreigners delivering in Russia, the arrival of the baby is only the beginning. Getting a newborn the appropriate documents required to legally reside in Russia requires time, effort and patience. When the mother and baby leave the hospital, they will be presented with a statement of birth, which simply attests to the date of the child's birth. New parents must then take this statement to their local ZAGS, the office that registers all vital statistics, to get an official state birth certificate. After receiving the birth certificate, the parents must then visit their embassy to get the baby a passport. The embassy may require that the birth certificate be translated and/or apostilled. Although the baby is allowed to stay in Russia indefinitely without a visa, when he or she leaves the country for the first time the parents will need to obtain an exit visa. The exit visa must be issued by the agency that issued the parents' visas. In order for the baby to return to Russia, he or she will, like any other individual, require an invitation for a single-entry visa. Once the invitation is issued, the visa can be processed by any Russian Embassy abroad. After entering Russia, this single-entry visa should be exchanged for a multiple-entry visa for an "accompanying family member." This visa will be valid for as long as the parent's visa is valid.