Author: Alex Freedmann

Economy

Business leaders searching for alternatives to Russia’s commodities-based economy

The plenary session was officially opened by a keynote address by Putin, who outlined highly ambitious economic policies to make Russia a better country...

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Russia needs an effective, and ‘not a mere legislations stamping parliament’ in the upcoming election

Prime Minister Putin has officially acknowledged the impotence of the country’s legislature, saying Russia does not need a parliament that ‘dutifully churns out’ laws...

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Experts explain mighty Putin’s colossal influence in the world

Explaining why Putin, and not China’s Hu Jintao (ranked 3rd), whose country has more weight in the world, is second, the experts noted that Putin is more influential in Russia than Hu in China...

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EU and Russia to finalize conditions for a historic abolition of visas

Moscow and Brussels have announced their intents to endorse the list of conditions for a visa-free regime between Russia and EU states...

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Russian business climate needs radical overhaul to attract investors

President Dmitry Medvedev has declared Russia's current investment climate a poor business environment in need of urgent radical overhaul...

Interviews

Innovation and top quality services key to Nezavisimost Group’s success

Renat Tyukteev, one of Nezavisimost Group's top executives, shares his view on the current situation on the Russian car dealership services market today...

Business & Finance

The ‘Active Home’ concept, the newest trend in global architecture, reaches Russia

An Active House, the new European concept in world architecture, envisages the construction of houses via modern technologies and most advanced innovations...

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The tripartite Customs Union recognized as ‘a fully functioning mechanism’

The Customs Union (CU) formed by Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is functioning fully, according to Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko...

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Russia will never sacrifice its position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia for WTO

Russia will never abandon its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence for the sake of joining the WTO...

Special Industry Reports

Today’s Russian MICE services market: the rise from exoticism to a full-fledged industry

The Russian MICE services market has taken just 20 years to rise from an exotic state to a modern industry, a feat experts say reflects the ongoing globalization and other trends...

Interviews

The Russian MICE services industry: Yahonty Nature Resort Hotel's view

Top marketing officials of the Moscow Region-based Yahonty Nature Resort Hotel highlight their assessments of Russia's MICE market and the current trends in the industry...

Interviews

The Russian MICE services industry: Turris Hotel Management Group's view

Turris Hotel Management Group CEO Svetlana Astafieva shares her expert's view on the Russian MICE services market and the currently prevailing trends in this industry...

Interviews

The Russian MICE services industry: Astrus Moscow City Hotel's view

Andrei Mikhaylets, the commercial director of Astrus Moscow City Hotel, shares with TRCW his professional assessment of the Russian MICE services and facilities market...

Interviews

Russian translation market: EGO Translating's view

EGO Translating Vice President Olga Schemeleva talked about modern international trends in globalization of innovation and her company's new project in this industry...

Interviews

Russian translation market: TechInput Translation Company's view

TechInput Translation Company President Boris Aronstein shares his view of the current status and development trends on the Russian translation market...

Interviews

The Russian translation market: MARK Business Translations' view and opinion

MARK Business Translations CEO Yuri Melnikov shared his view and opinion on the Russian translation services market and its prevailing trends...

Interviews

The Russian translation market: Prima Vista Translation Agency's view and opinion

Karina Bundina, business development director at Prima Vista Translation Agency, shared her view on the prevailing trends in the Russian translation services industry...

Interviews

The Russian translation market: Translation Center KGTC's view and opinion

Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO of Translation Center KGTC Company, shared his view on this market and the prevailing trends in the industry...

Interviews

The Russian translation market: Nowitex Translation's view and opinion

Evgenia Tsygantsova, the general manager of Nowitex Translation, shared her view on the prevailing trends in the Russian translation services industry...

Interviews

The Russian translation market: Fonetix Translations' view and opinion

Stepan Grabovsky and Michael Tutikov, respectively, the CEO and chief editor of Fonetix Translations, shared their views on the Russian translation services market...

Politics

Strident anti-corruption advocate under palpable threat of official vendetta

In his signature caustic criticism of the government, Navalny noted that corruption has eaten so deep into the society that there are now two parallel economies in the country...

Hotels & Restaurants Guide

Robust growth in investor confidence boosts hotel market recovery in the EMEA region

At least, that is the obvious conclusion that can be drawn from the upbeat results of a study of investor sentiments in the EMEA hospitality sector...

Hotels & Restaurants Guide

Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow to host Kings and Heads of State Chefs summit

The event will be attended by Kremlin’s Chef Jerome Rigaud, U.S. President Barack Obama’s chef Cristeta Comerford and the chefs of other influential world leaders...

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Binbank president intends to become a Moscow Hotel co-owner

The funds received from Binbank's CEO will be used to buy off the U.S. perfume magnate, Ronald Lauder, who has decided to exit the joint venture...

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National Hotel in government's official privatization plan for 2011-13

The details of selling the historic hotel are contained in a resolution, which says ‘the decision was taken in order to raise additional revenue in the city’s budget...

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Marriott Moscow Royal Aurora collects series of awards for quality service

Commenting on these awards, Bert Fol, hotel’s general manager, noted that these awards serve as a great impetus to staff to work further and become guests’ No. 1 hotel”...

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InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya to replace former Minsk Hotel in central Moscow

The Hotel InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya, slated for opening later this year will be a real ‘Russian-styled’ hospitality facility...

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Hotel Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow readies its Conservatory Bar for summer operations

The facility’s white tents protection from the sun and its natural wooden floor really make it look like a deck of a cruise ship...

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A change of ownership at Moscow’s elite Ritz-Carlton Hotel

The buyer is reportedly affiliated with Bulat Utemuratov, a billionaire and former head of the Kazakh presidential affairs department...

Hotels & Restaurants Guide

The Rezidor Hotel Group to operate a third hospitality facility in downtown Moscow

Among the hotel special offers are a spacious 360sqm lobby, six conference halls, a fitness center equipped with Technogym-branded exercise facilities...

Interviews

The road to the Miss Russia beauty queen crown

Russia'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...

Interviews

The secrets behind FM Logistic’s sparkling success in Russia

Michele Cohonner, FM Lo gistic general manager for Russia, recently talked to TRCW about the logistics company’s sparkling success business operations in this country...

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Kremlin to create a $10bln fund to attract direct foreign investments to Russia

The initiator of the idea was President Medvedev, who intends to transform Moscow into a modern global international financial center...

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Merger of two financial agencies to strengthen regulation on the Russian financial market

This decision, according to Russian financial market regulators, is important for the financial system, from the point of setting up a global financial center in Moscow...

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Lukashenko gives carte blanche to Sberbank to realize any projects in Belarus

In his turn, Sberbank CEO German Gref noted that he had executed all previous plans in Belarus, putting the sum of the bank's direct investments in the country at about $1bln...

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Ex-МММ founder outlines plans for compensating ‘financial pyramid’ victims by yearend

Sergei Mavrodi, the founder of MMM, the most scandalous financial pyramids in Russia, has announced plans to compensate all his victims by yearend...

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Russia needs to push its inflow of foreign investments to a pre-crisis level

This is because Russia has become the leader in term of economic indices growth, exhibiting the best results not only among the BRIC, but also among developed countries...

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Russia’s leading investment bank Troika Dialog sells out to Sberbank

The sale marks the end of Troika as an independent entity and the beginning of its new life under Sberbank, whose management has called the deal ‘a logical completion of its universality'...

Kremlin and Vatican fully content with the level of bilateral diplomatic relations

During the meeting, the Pontific and Medvedev confirmed their ongoing broad and booming cooperation in promotion of both human and Christian values...