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Russia's Billionaires: The STILL Extravagant Lifestyles Of The Oligarchs (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

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The financial crisis dealt a blow to the upper crust of Russia's financial elite last year, diminishing the worth of the country's 10 richest tycoons ...

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Poverty Rate Rises In Russia By A Third

The Times of India | AFP 28 August 2009, 07:41pm IST | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Russian Economy, Russia Poverty, Russia Poor, Crumbling-Russian-Economy, Moscow, Crumbling Infrastructure Russia, Russian Poor, Poverty Rate, Drop in Income, Russia Economy, Rachel Maddow, World News

MOSCOW: The number of people living below the poverty line in Russia rose by a third from 18.5 million in the last quarter of 2008 to 24.5 million in ...

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Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Russian Economy, Russian President Medvedev, Global Financial Crisis, Russian Oligarchs, Global Economic Crisis, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, World News
Sheldon Filger

In Russia, economic health and political stability are intertwined to a degree that is rarely encountered in other major industrialized economies.

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Russia's Inflation Could Spur Social Unrest

The Moscow Times | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russian Economy, Russia, Inflation, Foreign Affairs, Petrostate, Russian Inflation, Vladimir Putin, Inflation in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Advocacy, World News

Her job is safe and her salary hasn't been cut by a single ruble, yet Svetlana Nikolayeva says she feels the effects of the financial crisis as badly ...

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky Trial Seen As Test For Medvedev

Themoscowtimes.com | By Nickolaus van Twickel | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Economy, Russia Judicial System, Yukos, Platon Lebedev, President Dmitry Medvedev, Economic Crisis in Russia, World News

The second trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which kicks off with preliminary hearings Tuesday, offers a test case of President Dmitry ...

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The Sochi Tea Party

Brian Whitmore | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Sochi, Russian Economy, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Sochi Tea Party, World News
Brian Whitmore

There was likely more to this little puff piece than an editor looking for some light filler for the evening news broadcast.

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Russia Devalues The Rouble Again As Economy Worsens

CNBC | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Russia, Russian Economy, Russian Roubles, Russia Devalues the Rouble, Roubles, Business News

Russia devalued the rouble again Monday and Kremlin leaders urged government unity to deal with the biggest economic challenge in a decade. Russia's ...

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Growing Panic For Russian Government As Economy Crumbles

Daily Telegraph | Adrian Blomfield | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Russian Economy, Crumbling Russian Economy, Russian Government Economic Crisis, Bad Russian Economy, Russian Economic Crisis, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News

And sure enough, at a time when their country is locked in its worst financial crisis in a decade, they are more optimistic about the economy than the...

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The KGB And Russia's Economy: How A Group Of Friends Gained Control

Fortune | Bill Powell | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Putin Economy, Russian Economy, Kgb, Russia, Russia KGB, Russian Oligarchs, Business News

(Fortune Magazine) -- Long before the small group of men gained control of a $1.3 trillion economy, they could be found gathered at a lakeshore deep i...

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