May 2011, Vol.6, No. 4
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Russia’s new beauty queen and her rise to the throne
On the front page of this edition, we profiled Natalia Gantimurova, the new face of Russian beauty as the nation's newly crowned Beauty Queen for 2011, for two main reasons. The first is that, we at TRCW, indeed, like most Russians, truly believe that natural beauty, like that of today's Miss Russia, can really save the dangerous, chaotic and crisis-ridden world that we are living in today. The second key reason is to gain a rare insight into the Russian beauty pageant industry, how it functions and what it takes for young girls to win the highly cherished pageant crown and all the opportunities that come with it. |
Japan’s tragedy and Chernobyl 25th anniversary question atomic energy necessityThis tragedy is one of the few misfortunes in human history, whose intensity and utter horridness of unprecedented destruction of lives never diminish with time... |
Thailand and Russia agree to boost bilateral cooperation in the MICE sphereAn MoU on this issue was signed by RTBC and TCEB leaders, who called the step a new base for further strengthening the ongoing ties between Russia and Thailand... |
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Ingosstrakh posts its preliminary financial performance results for first quarter of 2011Ingosstrakh CEO, who disclosed these data in April, noted that the highest rates of increases in premiums were recorded in agro, air and maritime insurance... |
English First becomes an official provider of language training services to Sochi-2014Speaking at the agreement signing ceremony, SOC-2014 CEO noted that EF has demonstrated its highest standard via its deep experience with the Olympics... |
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Medvedev in Hong Kong for advanced expertise in financial market and state governancePresident Medvedev says Hong Kong’s best practices in patent rights protection and commercialization of scientific inventions are very important for Russia's economy... |
Russia and Sweden outline key spheres for further deepening of bilateral cooperationAccording to official data, bilateral trade has surged by 600% in the last decade, a trend that has made Sweden one of the 10 largest and direct investors in Russia... |
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Russia and Jordan ‘compare notes’ on directions of bilateral strategic partnershipSpecifically, the Jordanian monarch noted that he very much appreciates the highly productive ties between Moscow and Amman and the opportunities for deepening them further... |
Owners of Russia’s night clubs doubling as narcotics sales joints to face legal prosecutionPresident Medvedev has ordered law enforcement agencies to target owners of clubs selling drugs in their fight against rising drug addictions among Russian youth... |
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Ex-Moscow Mayor Luzhkov denies plans to leave Russia for self-imposed exile abroadEx-Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has again declared that he has no plans to flee Russia on self-imposed exile to a foreign land... |
Russia to make a final decision on fate of the grain export embargo by end of MayKremlin introduced the embargo after last year’s devastating summer fires, and is scheduled to run till June 30, with the option of its extension till the end of 2011... |
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LDPR calling for full nationalization of the Russian energy industryLDPR party boss says his party will initiate a bill to authorize the nationalization of Russia’s oil industry if private oil companies continue to manipulate prices... |
Japan’s ‘generous estimates’ of the scale of its nuclear crisis raise eyebrows in RussiaThe move has raised eyebrows across the world, as politicians and top nuclear science experts have evidently failed to see a parallel between the two nuclear disasters... |
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Kremlin links Russia’s rampant corruption with liberal opposition politiciansThough no names were mentioned, it was clear that the official was referring, amongst others, to liberal opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a key anti-corruption activist... |
Russia’s rosy future as depicted in Prime Minister Putin’s State Duma reportA successful realization of the ‘Strategy-2020’ programs is expected to leapfrog Russia in terms of the volume of GDP into top five leading global economies by 2020... |
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Government and businesses to delineate spheres of interests in preparation for World CupKremlin plans to demarcate the spheres of investment activities between the government and private businesses in its preparation for the Soccer World Cup in 2018... |
Reconstructed Moscow Radisson Royal Hotel named among the world’s best new hotelsCommenting on the rating, the journal noted that this year’s list includes hotels built in places that were recently villages, but which have been transformed into elegant hotels... |
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Renaissance Moscow Monarch Center bags the Golden Brick Award at CRE Awards-2011Marina Usenko, Jones Lang LaSalle executive vice president, who was a jury member, has called the hotel a ‘win-win’ project for the investors... |
Moscow City Tourism Committee to oversee city’s hotel industry affairsThe main reason for this step, according to Committee chairman Sergei Shpilko, stemmed from the lack of effective interaction between the committee and hotels... |
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Crises and regime changes in the Arab world reshaping global arms marketGlobal arms dealers are hoping that the ongoing crises in the Middle East will not drastically affect the Arabs’ famously extravagant defense spending spree habits... |
Russian tandem’s conflicting presidential ambitions put the elite on edgeThe uncertainty over the tandem's plans for 2012 has forced the elite to sit on the fence, fearing to making a fatal false start by backing the ‘wrong horse’ in the race... |
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State secret services mull banning leading global Internet portals in RussiaIf the FSB gets its way, Russia will find itself among exotic dictatorship regimes, which have banned modern Internet-based communication gadgets on security grounds... |
Tatneft reaping fruits from its use of best corporate governance practices in the local oil industryViktor Gorodny, Tatneft deputy CEO and holder of several other key positions in the Russian oil major, recently talked to TRCW on the firm's activities and future plans... |
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The road to the Miss Russia beauty queen crownRussia's new beauty queen, Natalia Gantimurova, a 19-year-old student, talked about her road to the pageant crown and her priorities as the new face of Russian beauty... |
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