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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 » Travel |
Issue 3931 | 26 Jun 2008
Crimea Revisited By John Wendle / Staff Writer The beaches and mountains of Crimea have much to offer a new generation of vacationers. |
Issue 3926 | 19 Jun 2008
Ascetic Settlements By William C. Brumfield / Special to The Moscow Times The Vologda region features several interesting monastic complexes that reflect Russia's unique religious history. |
Issue 3917 | 5 Jun 2008
City By The Black Sea By John Wendle / Staff Writer Odessa has been influenced by the many nationalities that have passed through its port. |
Issue 3912 | 29 May 2008
Silk Road to The Present By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times The old cities of the Silk Road offer modern-day travelers new places to discover. |
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Travel News By Maria Antonova / Special to The Moscow Times |
Issue 3907 | 22 May 2008
Mixing East and West in Ukraine By John Wendle / Staff Writer The west Ukrainian city of Lvov offers a blend of cultural heritage. |
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The Carpathians By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times Where to Go |
Issue 3902 | 15 May 2008
A Provincial Treasure By William Brumfield / Special to The Moscow Times The Tver region town of Torzhok offers a range of architectural treasures from the 19th century. |
Issue 3890 | 24 Apr 2008
A Seaside Crossroads By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer The town of Vyborg, on Russia's border with Finland, has many of the elements associated with ancient European cities. |
Issue 3885 | 17 Apr 2008
The Other Emirate By Lara McCoy Roslof / Staff Writer Abu Dhabi has boosted its profile, hoping to attract some of the tourist revenue flowing into neighboring Dubai. |
Travel News |
Issue 3880 | 10 Apr 2008
A Hippie's Take On Dacha Life By John Wendle / Staff Writer Uncle Pasha""s offers a unique, cheap, vegetarian, do-it-yourself take on the standard Russian dacha experience. |
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On the Road Again By John Wendle / Special to The Moscow Times How to... |
Issue 3856 | 6 Mar 2008
An Author's Country Retreat By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer Anton Chekhov relished the time he spent on his estate in the village of Melikhovo. |
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Travel News By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times Singapore Airlines will start operating flights from Houston to Moscow -- the first non-stop service connecting these cities. The service will begin on March 20. |
Issue 3851 | 28 Feb 2008
Mongolian Modern By Oli Redman / Special to The Moscow Times Ulan Bator offers visitors glimpses of traditional Mongolian life interspersed with gleaming-high rises. |
Ask the Frequent Flyer Oleg Bardeyev, managing partner Observatoire restaurant |
Issue 3847 | 21 Feb 2008
A Place Where Lenin Still Lives By James Marson / Staff Writer The museums of Gorki Leninskiye provide interesting insights into the cult of personality that developed around Lenin. |
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What to Do: Australia in Photos By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times Been to Australia recently? Got some great digital snaps filed away somewhere on your computer? Then hunt out the best ones and submit them to the Australian Embassy's amateur digital photography competition: AUSTRALIA. The Land Down Under. |
Issue 3842 | 14 Feb 2008
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A Moscow Region Escape By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer A place for when you start daydreaming of leaving the madness of Moscow behind. |
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Travel News Vladivostok Avia will launch a new itinerary to Frankfurt beginning April 30. Flights will depart from Moscow at 12:20 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, and arrive at Frankfurt-Hahn airport, about 75 miles from Frankfurt. |
Issue 3837 | 7 Feb 2008
Warsaw, A Low-Cost Getaway By Adrian Carnegie / Special to The Moscow Times Poland's capital offers a reasonably priced weekend away spent in relative luxury. |
Issue 3832 | 31 Jan 2008
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Travel News By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times |
Issue 3827 | 24 Jan 2008
Hitting New Slopes By James Marson / Staff Writer The rapidly growing resort of Bukovel in eastern Ukraine is seeking to challenge Europe's skiing monopoly. |
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What to Do: Krusovice Musketyr Festival By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times A winter beer festival celebrating Czech beer Krusovice Musketyr is running from Thursday to Feb. 9 at a number of restaurants. This beer, with a strong golden color and full body, is imported especially for the festival. |
Issue 3811 | 20 Dec 2007
Travel News By James Marson / Special to The Moscow Times |
Issue 3806 | 13 Dec 2007
The Road to Sergiyev Posad By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer A day trip can be a spiritual journey to another place and time. |
Issue 3801 | 6 Dec 2007
Oil, History, Islam and Tea By Adrian Carnegie / Special to The Moscow Times Narrow, winding streets, a UNESCO-recognized Old City, a blend of the Middle East and the West -- Baku calls. |
Issue 3796 | 29 Nov 2007
Couch Surfing By John Wendle / Staff Writer A global group of travelers offers a cheap way to explore the world and to see foreign countries from a local perspective. |
Issue 3791 | 22 Nov 2007
Crown City on an Island By Marina Kamenev / Special to The Moscow Times Kronstadt has charming streets that take you back to an era long past, and the mystery of a once-closed town. |
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
