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The Crisis: Electricity Providers Face Bankruptcy
Electricity suppliers across the country are cracking down as the number of delinquent private and corporate customers surges, as the dilapidated industry is mired in debt linked to unpaid consumer bills and the multibillion-dollar investment programs that investors signed onto during the privatization of Unified Energy System, which wrapped up just weeks before the financial crisis struck.
Market Matters: Uralkali Stock Stares Into A Chasm
Catching both the market and the potash producer by surprise, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin reopened a 2006 investigation into the flooding of a Uralkali mine, sending the company's shares down 75 percent in London in the three trading days after the announcement.
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| Friday, November 21, 2008
Updated at 20 November 2008 23:22 Moscow Time | |
| The Moscow Times » Career |
Issue 3928 | 23 Jun 2008
Embracing the Unexpected By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Once a typical American girl from Colorado, Laura Williams left the city for a tiny village in rural Russia. |
Issue 3923 | 16 Jun 2008
From the Ground Up By John Wendle / Staff Writer Trained in finance, Dmitry Lutsenko found his calling in real estate development after building his own home. |
Issue 3920 | 9 Jun 2008
Going Back East By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Russian-Americans working in the financial services sector find more opportunities in Moscow than in New York. |
What to Do By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Pop-eyed monsters floating in space. Technicolor prints combining 19th-century anatomical design with drawings of strange robots and clockwork mechanisms. |
Issue 3914 | 2 Jun 2008
Taking Flight On a Budget By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Marina Bukalova's youth has been an asset in building Russia's first low-cost airline. |
Issue 3909 | 26 May 2008
The Sausage Man By Edward Cowley / Special to The Moscow Times John Warren, cook, entrepreneur and musician, is one of the best-known British expats in Moscow. |
Issue 3904 | 19 May 2008
Committed To Kids By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Vadim Menshov left a position in the Soviet bureaucracy for a temporary post as an orphanage director -- and found his calling. |
Issue 3899 | 12 May 2008
More Than Volcanoes By Ed Pulford / Special to The Moscow Times The development of infrastructure on the Kamchatka peninsula is making the area more accessible. |
Issue 3895 | 5 May 2008
The New Face Of Hospitality By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer Although a latecomer to her family business, Katerina Oudalova wants to create a new kind of Russian hotel. |
Issue 3892 | 28 Apr 2008
No Russian Bad Guy By James Marson / Staff Writer Alexander Nevsky wants to make a name for himself in Hollywood -- but on his own terms. |
Likbez: The Other Alexander Nevsky By Lara McCoy Roslof / Special to The Moscow Times Alexander Nevsky, the actor and bodybuilder, is far from the only famous Russian to bear the name. The other Alexander Nevsky was a 13th-century prince-soldier widely regarded as one of the most important figures in medieval Russia. |
Issue 3887 | 21 Apr 2008
What to Do: See Political Cartoons By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times Tsaritsyno estate museum will exhibit works by Kukryniksy, a Soviet art group of the 1930s and '40s famous for their political cartoons and posters. |
Issue 3882 | 14 Apr 2008
From Activist to Arab Expert By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer A member of the Komsomol in her youth, Tatyana Gvilava has embraced the business world. |
Issue 3872 | 31 Mar 2008
Doing Rounds With a Clown By Natalya Krainova / Staff Writer Konstantin Sedov gave up a legal career to show kids that laughter is the best medicine. |
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What to Do: Sell Your Books Online By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times A new web site makes it easy to buy and sell used books online. Gojaba.com, an online marketplace, was created by Canadian company AbeBooks.com. |
Issue 3862 | 17 Mar 2008
Coping With Russia's Stresses By James Marson / Staff Writer Psychiatrist Christophe Bagot came to Moscow after treating Russian patients in Paris. |
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Ask the Boss: Q: Why might someone turn down a job offer in Russia? Why might someone turn down a job offer in Russia? |
Issue 3853 | 3 Mar 2008
Russian Downhill By John Wendle / Staff Writer New 36.6 CEO Jere Calmes puts skills learned as a competitive skier to work in the business world. |
Treasure Hunt: A Sure Bet By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Nesting dolls have gone from enshrining Russia's political leaders to predicting them. |
Issue 3844 | 18 Feb 2008
From the Web to the Stage By James Marson / Staff Writer ""I have always tried to do something original,"" said Dmitry Paranyushkin, co-founder of the Way to Russia web site and performance artist. ""Not original just for the sake of it, but something that comes from my heart, something that is me."" |
What to Do: Look at Soviet Aviation Posters An exhibition at Moscow's Museum of Contemporary History of Russia showcases the history of Russian airlines in posters. |
Issue 3819 | 14 Jan 2008
Lost Generation Now Found By John Wendle / Staff Writer After dealing with the problems that followed the Soviet Union's fall, Karina Dashko is now back in the corporate saddle. |
Issue 3808 | 17 Dec 2007
Chemicals and Culture By Marina Kamenev / Staff Writer Shchusev Architecture Museum director David Sarkisyan has dabbled in professions ranging from science to film. |
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Ask the Boss By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times Q: Should employees expect a New Year's pay raise? |
Issue 3803 | 10 Dec 2007
Opportunities And Optimism By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff Writer A positive outlook is the winning strategy for Germany's top business lobbyist in Russia. |
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Ask the Boss By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times When is the best time of year to look for a new job? |
Issue 3798 | 3 Dec 2007
Opera With a Twist of Beet By John Wendle / Staff Writer From the Trans-Siberian to opera, Neil McGowan has embraced a wide swath of Russian culture. |
First Person By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Igor Moskovin, doughnut kiosk owner/operator. |
Issue 3793 | 26 Nov 2007
A Disobedient Pioneer By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer How a computer scientist changed course, became a teacher and rewrote the rules. |
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Ask the Boss By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times How do you see the new business visa rules affecting the expat job market? |
Currency Exchange
USD/RUR - 27.3
EUR/RUR - 34.8
Weather
Hurdles Ahead.
Inflation Threatens an Era of Growth
Kremlin's Trillion-Dollar Headache
Everyone Pays, Few Want To Stop
When Success and Image Don't Mesh
Boosting Population a Vague Science
Armed With Nukes and a Vague Plan
Balancing Growth and Environment
Lots of Work but Too Few Workers
Rich Get Richer as Poor Get Poorer
Finding a Remedy for Health Care
A Crisis Brewing in the Classrooms
Most Popular Stories.
2. Obama and the KGB
3. Obama Gets Telegram, No Spot in Speech
4. Nuclear Submarine Accident Kills 20
5. New Ways to Insult Americans
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Columnists
Getting Rid of Guests
By Michele A. Berdy
Doomed From the Start
By Boris Kagarlitsky
Making a Jester Out of Medvedev
By Yulia Latynina
The Real Issue Isn't a Shield in Central Europe
By Fyodor Lukyanov
Back-Scratching in America
By Alexei Pankin
U.S. Not a Threat After All
By Alexander Golts
Policing Immigrant Workers
By Alexei Bayer
Medvedev Learned His PR Skills From Chavez
By Vladimir Frolov
Don't Expect Miracles From the G20 Summit
By Martin Gilman
Preparing for Putin's Return to the Kremlin
By Nikolai Petrov
Obama and the KGB
By Richard Lourie
1,000 Presidential Pardons
By Mark H. Teeter
Tbilisi Protesters Could Be Doing Russia's Work
By Matthew Collin
A Guarded Liberalism
By Georgy Bovt
Eagerly Waiting for Change -- Within Russia
By Yevgeny Kiselyov
Putin's Costly Crash Course in Economics
By Konstantin Sonin
Russia's Top Economist Needs to Face Reality
By Anders Aslund
