December 2008, Vol.3, No. 11
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Global Leaders Searching for Solutions to Crisis |
Recalcitrant global economic crisis makes the future bleakIndeed, 2009, already compromised by the current crisis and other related unsolved problems, is likely to be remembered as a year that harbors the worst pessimism for both individuals and businesses, before its dawn... |
US could be alone in its attempt to isolate Russia over GeorgiaWith the change in the White House and excruciating impacts of the global crisis, U.S. anti-Russia hawks will now find it difficult, if not impossible, to isolate Russia... |
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Russia’s optimistic future entrenched in the Concept-2020The perfect timing of this epochal program, at the peak of the current crisis, is to showcase Russia’s growing confidence in its desire to be a key player on the global arena... |
CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesSammy Kotwani, president, The Imperial Tailoring Co., a key player on the Russian fashion industry, shares his view on the local economy, his business achievements in 2008 and prognosis for 2009... |
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CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesIgor Vdovin, a co-chairman of RSPP’s Committee on PPP and Investment Policy, shares his view on the economy vis-a-vis the global crisis and his vision on the probable exit scenarios from the meltdown... |
CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesA top expert on the construction design services market, Adrian Salter, CEO and Board Chairman, MEP Engineering, offers an insight into the crisis, his successes in 2009 and forecasts for next year... |
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CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesA leader in market expansion services in Russia, Pascal Clement, the president of Direct Group, talks about the economy in crisis, his corporate successes in 2008 and forecasts for 2009... |
CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesDmitry Grishin, CEO, Mail.Ru, a leading Russian IT company, talks about the economy, his corporate achievements in 2008 and plans for 2009... |
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CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesAlexei Vyazovsky, PR-Director of Kalita-Finans, a key player on the Russian forex market, speaks on the global financial crisis and its negative impacts on the Russian economy, stock market and the value of the ruble... |
CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesOPORA ROSSII President Sergei Borisov speaks on the state’s growing support for the SMEs, other positive measures to make the SME the backbone of the economy and his view on the current crisis... |
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CEOs’ Opinions & PrognosesHighlighting his company’s successes in 2008, and drawing from its experience during the 1998 crisis, Harro van Graafeiland, CEO, TNT Express Russia, says the current crisis offers new opportunities for CEOs that have the best anti-crisis strategies in place... |
Roundup of the Russian equity market activitiesThe incessant financial hemorrhages in 2008 left the Russian stock exchanges in a downward trend, leaving investors pessimistic for 2009... |
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Our Major Events of the Year:Change in Russian political leadershipOne of the most fundamental changes in Russia in 2008, in TRCW’s opinion, was the democratic transition of executive powers in the country’s political leadership... |
Our Major Events of the Year: The South Ossetia war and the West’s biased reactionsMoscow resolutely ended the barbaric Georgian invasion of the republic, but to the dismay of unbiased observers, the West, headed by the United States and its NATO proteges, condemned Russia... |
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Our Major Events of the Year: The resumption of the new EU-Russian Cooperation PactAfter several false starts, the new Cooperation Pact, which is to replace the outdated agreement regulating the relationships between Russia and EU, finally got a second breath of life as EU decided to return to the negotiation tables... |
Our Major Events of the Year: Global financial crisis and commitment of trillions to fight itThe ‘current global economic/financial crisis’ dominates all other events this year, evident in its popularity in both household and professional usage as well as its pop-up frequencies in major search engines... |
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Our Major Events of the Year: Obama’s historic victory and its meaning for the strained U.S.-Russian tiesLike the rest of the world, the Kremlin and top Russian diplomats are hoping that the historic election of Obama will usher in the long-awaited turning point in the U.S. increasingly antagonistic foreign policies... |
Our Major Events of the Year: The restoration of Russia’s lost grounds in Latin AmericaRussia has returned to Latin America with a bang, first, by sending top government aids to tour the region, and then followed it with the military and political leaders... |
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Crisis changes Russian corporations’ business plansThe short-term consequence of this new reality is that no companies, regardless of financial might and political connections, can feel safe in the raging storms... |
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