June 2010, Vol. 5, No. 5
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The innovators on short-term office services lease market
In this edition, we profiled Fatima Zakharova and Tatyana Sokolova, the managing shareholders of business centers Delovoy, who unlike most CEOs that view the current crisis only as ruin to their businesses and/or a belated chance to retool operations and management not only to survive the downturn with minimal losses, but also to have the much needed competitive advantage in the post-crisis era, have seen the recession as a unique opportunity to introduce short-term office lease services to CEOs seeking effective cost optimization on office spaces and complementary services in today's difficult times ... |
CIS prime ministers look forward to celebrating the Commonwealth’s 20th anniversaryThe heads of the CIS member-state governments discussed ways to further deepen integration processes, including the plans for the celebration of the CIS 20th foundation anniversary in December 2011... |
Medvedev deepens strategic cooperation with key partners on his Middle East tourRussian President Dmitry Medvedev during his Middle East tour in May that included stops in Syria and Turkey and his host colleagues agreed to further deepen their mutual bilateral relations... |
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Russia and Brazil set themselves an ambitious target of raising trade turnover to $10blnTo achieve this goal, both parties signed a number of documents, including the plan on the realization of all projects earmarked in their strategic partnership pact... |
Two ‘Streams’ from Russia: breaking down the old geopolitical structuresThese projects were introduced to resolve some concrete challenges. For instance, the South Stream was launched to make the Nabucco project bypassing Russia more of a ‘white elephant’... |
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White House’s final endorsement of G20 dethrones G8 from the pedestalThe last nail on the coffin of the G8 was hammered by the current crisis, which has completely shown all its inadequacies as a ‘yesteryear organization’ that will be absolutely incapable of managing the global economy in the postcrisis era... |
Negative crisis consequences still to be felt in the economy for at least one more yearThe Russian economy will continue to suffer from the negative consequences of the global crisis for one more year, before it will make a turnaround for the better... |
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RSPP offers government different mechanisms for reforming the economyOther items on the agenda included privatization of state assets and creation of a special advisory council at the government level to oversee comprehensive reformation of the pension, medical and social and welfare insurance systems... |
A clinical diagnosis for Russian businesses’ woes on local and foreign marketsSurkov called on the titans of the Russian capitalism to learn how to make better-quality goods and unique services that can easily make their ways to any markets... |
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The presentation of Luzhkov’s new pet project – the United Hotel CompanyHighlighting the new company’s tasks and objectives, its CEO, Gennady Ustinov, noted that the company’s main strategic mission is to occupy the leading positions on the Moscow hotel services market... |
Taganrog Congress Hotel offers clients ‘true customers-friendly’ pricesThe management said this was a conscious step that made the hotel even closer to its clients and showed its true southern hospitality... |
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Smart technologies gaining grounds in Moscow’s hospitality and business propertiesSuch smart computerized technologies, according to Anna Amosova, the National Hotel’s PR and advertising manager, are now being used to operate the hotel’s power supply and air-conditioning systems... |
Expedia Insiders’ Select List ranks Milan Hotel among the world’s best propertiesCommenting on the news, Svetlana Shehvatova, the CEO of Milan Hotel, said delivering superior service to guests has always been a top priority at the hotel... |
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Swiss clock-style regularity of technogenic tragedies highlights Russia’s industrial woesThese negative phenomena are further exacerbated by CEOs’ insatiable greed and the workers’ innate self-destructive affinity for overlooking security measures... |
Kremlin and Chubais present Russia’s nanotechnologies industry to top U.S. Silicon Valley venture funds CEOsThe meeting was a part of the U.S. venture business leaders’ visit to get acquainted with Russia’s innovations and the role that venture capital could play in their realizations... |
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Government activates measures to counteract rampant corruption in RussiaSpeaking on the issue, President Medvedev noted that the plan will actively fight corruption, which has become a systemic problem that putrefies business environment and reduces the state’s capacities... |
Authorities give green light to immortalization of Gaidar’s memory in Russian historyOne of the plans requires Moscow City Hall to place a memorial board on the building of the IET that was headed by Gaidar before his death and also name one of the public high schools after him... |
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Putin declares the Custom Union a new geopolitical reality in the CIS regionPrime Minister Vladimir Putin says the formulation of the legal base will require compromises from all the Custom Union participants to make the project a reality... |
Gryzlov opts for a deadly political slogan against rivals for upcoming electionsThe United Russia Party leader has attributed the reasons for using this ‘cannibalistic slogan’ to the necessity to counteract the rapidly growing attacks against his party... |
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New NOC chief pledges to deliver a Canada’s style victory for Russia at the Sochi OlympicsZhukov, who also currently doubles as a Russian deputy prime minister, was elected as the new NOC chief in May following the forced resignation of his predecessor, Leonid Tyagachyov, over the national teams’ worst ever performances at the Vancouver Olympics earlier this year... |
Moscow hopes for diplomatic ties improvement with London with the new governmentThe State Duma top diplomat says the change in UK government has given hope for the improvement of relations and condemned the excessive focus on mutual disagreements to the past... |
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The trendsetters on Russia’s new short-term office space lease services marketIn this interview, Tatyana Sokolova and Fatima Zakharova, the managing shareholders of Delovoy business centers, explained the essence of their new business venture... |
The PIIGS and other Western countries facing tough battles for economic survivalThe deteriorating economic situations in the PIIGS states and other European countries have become causes for serious concerns both within the eurozone and across the globe... |
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Foreign businesses ally with the Kremlin in its war against corruption in RussiaCommenting on the initiative's importance for businesses, the RGFTC chairman noted that the measure is not just a symbolic act, but a real intent to combat corruption in Russia... |
Russia, other anti-Hitler coalition nations and whole world commemorate WWII VictorySpeaking at the ceremony, President Medvedev praised the Soviet WWII veterans for their unparalleled heroism and selfless sacrifices that enabled the world to destroy Nazism... |
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