Topic: Russia
Latvians began voting Saturday in the first general election since the Baltic nation plunged into the world's deepest recession two years ago.The ballot is a crucial test for Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis -- at 39, Europe's youngest head of government -- who ...
The first BRIC summit will be held in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. This may be the global economic and political situation the beginning of the evolution. BRIC countries (BRICs) is created by Goldman Sachs economists terms, but once created it swept ...
I gave a presentation last week at the Value Investment Seminar in Trani, Italy (here is a link to the PDF).. I spoke about China, Japan, and our favorite stock idea, eBay. I spent a few days at the seminar discussing and ...
I gave a presentation last week at the Value Investment Seminar in Trani, Italy (here is a link to the PDF). I spoke about China, Japan, and our favorite stock idea: I changed the title of the China presentation to "China, the ...
The article discusses the emergence of Russia as a market for international brands. It reveals that Russia is the fourth-biggest consumer of luxury goods in the world. Emerging markets In from the cold With Britain and the US both facing up to ...
The article presents a review of the book " The Forsaken - From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin's Russia," by Tim Tzouliadis. 120 CONTEMPORARY REVIEW The Forsaken - From the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope ...
This article suggests that geopolitical crises may arise in Somalia, Russia and Mexico. The author contends economic problems lead to political instability. Several other potential crisis spots are Indonesia, Turkey, Congo and Zimbabwe. Excerpt from Article: " As economic calamity meets political ...
Depositors with a small Russian bank took to the streets in central Moscow on Friday to demand the return of their funds, the first publicised bank protest the Russian capital has seen during the credit crisis. Russia's government has been keen to ...
Russia's economy grew 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, official figures showed on Wednesday.Growth picked up in March when gross domestic product (GDP) rose 4.9 percent compared to March 2009, the economic development ...
The World Bank on Wednesday said Russia's economy would see a "robust" recovery in 2010, hiking its growth forecast to up to 5.5 percent but warned the rebound would be tainted by high unemployment."Russia is likely to witness a robust but jobless ...