http://rbth.ru/ Russia Beyond the Headlines en http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/10/9310beauty.html On a recent Saturday evening, the Chanel cosmetics corner at TsUM, Moscow’s most extravagant downtown department store, bustled with customers. Thunderous dance music played, waiters ran around with appetizing French cakes and champagne, and fashionably dressed women, most in their late 20s and early 30s, flocked to get free Chanel makeup. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/10/100310_ferapontovo.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/09/090310_kadakin.html Indo-Russian economic relations have weathered the global crisis and are on course for further growth. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/08/8310women.html March 8 is Women's Day. Not just a chance to give flowers and chocolates, but also a reason to celebrate the achievements of some of Moscow's many great women: Poets and politicians, saints and sculptors. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/05/4310evycoffee.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/05/5310stalinopinion.html Whenever the powers that be, local or federal, need to create a distraction from events that reflect badly on them, they bring up Stalin. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/04/4310adoption.html U.S. police have arrested the adoptive parents of a 7-year-old Russian boy for homicide after an autopsy found more than 80 external injuries on his malnourished body, Channel One state television reported March 2. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/04/4310hybrid.html Russia's government has approved a project to produce hybrid cars running both on conventional gasoline- as well as liquified natural gas-engines, Russian billionaire and project author Mikhail Prokhorov said March 3. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/02/2310oligarchs.html The prime minister, who last year scolded the Rusal CEO over wage arrears and the year before promised to send a doctor to sort out another metals baron, Igor Zyuzin, on Wednesday named and shamed four of the country's top investors - Vladimir Potanin, Mikhail Prokhorov, Viktor Vekselberg and Leonid Lebedev - for "eating" government funds and not investing in the country's electricity sector. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/03/02/2310games.html State Duma deputies want to promote the production of patriotic computer games to attract players away from the "harmful" games produced in the West. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/26/22610evysmoking.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/26/22610eremeevalife.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/26/22610olympics.html There’s no avoiding the fact: The 2010 Winter Olympics did not go as planned for the Russian team. Official predictions of as many as 40 medals – including up to 12 golds – were optimistic in the extreme from the start, but by the end came across almost as a joke. However, in the long run, this is only likely to boost the drive towards success on home soil at the XXII Winter Games in Sochi. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/25/250210_culture.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_pipe.html Cold War tensions between Europe and Russia will persist as long as the Cold War energy infrastructure is in place. But in the last few months a raft of energy infrastructure deals and the launch of several strategically important new pipelines are the last nails in the coffin of the Soviet Union. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_petroleum.html How important is next year’s oil price to Russia’s recovery? Russia assumes $58 per barrel, which leaves a hole in the budget. The World Bank thinks around $75, where Russia almost breaks even. London-based Capital Economics forecasts $50, spelling trouble. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_shale.html The gas industry’s quiet revolution in shale gas could redetermine the key players in the global market. The US and Western Europe stand to benefit from huge untapped reserves, while Russia is quick to point out the potential negative environmental effects. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_unloved.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_dalziel.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/241210_maastricht.html If all the EU countries had to reapply for membership of the Eurozone today, who would get back in? The answer is that only Finland, Bulgaria and Luxembourg of the 25 member states currently meet the original Maastricht criteria. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_funds.html Russia’s equity markets are among the most volatile in the world, its economy inextricably linked to global oil and gas prices. So why have dedicated Russian funds outperformed all other types of fund in the world over the last 10years? Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_bigthree.html PricewaterhouseCooper’s head of macroeconomics, John Hawksworth, believes by 2050, Russia will be Europe’s largest economy, while China, the US and India will lead globally. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_decade.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_afghan.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_nato.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_ukraine.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_nabokov.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_paradj.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_ww2.html Something has changed in Russia. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the values on which Soviet society was based – and after two decades of hard times – the search is on for a firm footing in values and ideology. Attention has focused on the Second World War, especially the question of what we were fighting for. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_snow.html Fifteen thousand snowploughs and trucks, hundreds of snow-melting plants, 30,000 shovels, thousands of tons of crushed gravel and de-icing agents: every year, municipal workers wage a winter war against the avalanches of snow that descend on Moscow. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_corrosion.html JurePromConsulting, a Russian consultancy firm, recently presented a corrosion-resistant technology that could increase the service life of steel structures to 90 years. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_cityscapes.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_nuclear.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_majority.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_hymn.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_campus.html A surprising rise in the popularity of Russian language studies has occurred on American college campuses. Mark Teeter ponders how we can seize the moment without it falling off once again. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_biblio.html Vera Pavlova is a best-selling poet in Russia whose collection, "If There is Something to Desire," has finally been translated into English by her husband. Her compact poems caress and assuage. They also burn, and brilliantly. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_avvakumov.html The U.S.S.R. Paper Architects grabbed top international prizes with projects never built. Yuri Avvakumov, who was at the center of the movement, spoke to RN about preservation and the grim future for Russian architecture. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_exchange.html A new exchange between the Library of Congress and the Boris N. Yeltsin Presidential Library could result in some surprising access to previously closed materials for both the United States and Russia. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/24/240210_utopia.html Like other cities, Moscow is in love with the wrecking ball. Historic Moscow is more or less gone and the administration has turned to residential neighborhoods like Sokol. The Russian media has expressed outrage; our correspondent lives there. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_pakfa.html Russia’s state-owned Sukhoi aviation company has flight tested a fifth-generation fighter jet, the PAK FA. The plane is thought to incorporate stealth technology and comes with air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, as well as twin 30mm cannon. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_lisin.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_agenda.html A think tank close to president Medvedev has released a report recommending a radical overhaul of Russia’s political system, Federal Security Service and Interior Ministry, and a reappraisal of relations with Nato and the EU. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_knot.html For the second time since 2004’s Beslan tragedy, the Kremlin is taking strong measures to end violence in the North Caucasus. Krasnoyarsk governor Alexander Khloponin is now presidential envoy to the new North Caucasus Federal District. He was also appointed deputy prime minister. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_avtovaz.html Russia is looking at the large-scale resettlement of residents of single-industry towns in a bid to tackle high unemployment in depressed regions. The project may start in the Volga town of Tolyatti with the workforce of auto giant AvtoVAZ, which has announced massive job cuts. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_olympic.html Sochi is a construction site of chaos and disruption as the city prepares for the Olympics, but still many hope the Games can boost tourism and upgrade decaying infrastructure, as long as graft does not get in the way. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_ework.html E-government was launched in Russia at the end of 2009, with a single portal for government services. Soon, it might also be the way to get various certificates and documents (including a passport), avoiding long queues and red tape. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_train.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_hiddink.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/02/23/230210_silicon.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://rbth.ru/article.php?id= Thu, 01 Jan 1970 03:00:00 +0300