Talking Business: Guilty Verdict for a Tycoon, and Russia

The Kremlin’s continued persecution of the Russian tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky is connected to the damaged investment climate in the country.

Talking Business: Guilty Verdict for a Tycoon, and Russia

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Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies)

Adore Creative and other Western agencies work closely with the inner circle of Russia’s government — a blending of “Mad Men” and Kremlin apparatchiks.

Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies)

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Rocket to Russia: official hymn of the conquerors

Joe feels the (slightly scary & very vocal) love (Moscow Arena) Our second and final show in Russia happens in Moscow, at a large black box called The Moscow Arena. Inside of the building walls, floors, ducting, integral support beams and even lighting and plumbing have an unfinished feel, as if the the venue is meant to be temporary. Pieces of tile are glued haphazardly onto cinderblock walls assembled without enough mortar. Light shines through the separation between the concrete and air moves through, too, mostly reeking of cigarette smoke. Forty minutes before showtime the rapidly growing crowd in front of the stage is clearly audible from the dressing room, loud enough that it becomes challenging to hear myself speak or hear the notes on my unplugged bass as I warm up my fingers. When we arrive on the stage the crowd howls with one demonic voice as Jeff counts us in to the opener: Ice 9. The audience claps, jumps, waves their arms, sits on each other's shoulders, even cries. I am drenched in sweat in four minutes and stay that way for the entire two and a half hour set, the drops moving continually from my head to my shoes. Elegant and surely expensive flower bouquets are passed hand to hand from the back of the hall to the people on the wall eight feet in front of us who then attempt to throw them on to the stage. They invariably miss, which is sad....

Rocket to Russia: official hymn of the conquerors

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Europe Deal Moves Russia A Step Closer To W.T.O.

The agreement settles outstanding issues with the European Union and could clear the way for Russia to join the trade group by next year.

Europe Deal Moves Russia A Step Closer To W.T.O.

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Piracy Charges Dropped in Russia

Software charges against an environmental group were dropped after Microsoft withdrew its support for the case.

Piracy Charges Dropped in Russia

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