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- A Foreigner’s Guide to Russia

The Moscow Times is happy to present two books in the series “A Foreigner’s Guide to Russia”. "Russia for Beginners" is a perfect gift for your friends and colleagues. “Russia for the Advanced” is aimed at foreign managers and their Russian business partners

- "Exclusive Personnel" presents its own Rating of Russian business schools

Almost 70 business schools are in the rating long list. Currently the experts — representatives of Russian and international leading companies vote on the site rating-mba.ru. Only 25 business schools will find themselves in the final!

- Top stories

* Dow Chemical Company’s $38M Bet Yields $200M Payout By Howard Amos

In a drab industrial suburb of Vladimir sits Dow Chemical Company’s biggest single local investment, which provides almost a third of its annual $700 million Russian sales.

* Planned Road to ’Putin’s Ski Resort’ Worries UNESCO By Alexandra Odynova

UNESCO and environmentalists are alarmed over a government plan to construct a paved road through a UNESCO World Heritage Site to an elite ski resort linked to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

* Nanotech to Play Big Role in Modernization Plans By Justin Varilek

President Dmitry Medvedev’s modernization committee will review the status of the nanotechnology sector during its meeting on Wednesday.

* Data on 1.6 Million MTS Users Leaked By Lukas I. Alpert

Personal data of 1.6 million mobile phone users appeared online in the second such leak in three months, government regulators acknowledged Tuesday.

* Tall Ship Skips U.S. Port in Snub Linked to Jewish Case By Natalya Krainova

A Russian frigate refused to dock in San Francisco on a Pacific tour because of concerns that it might be seized and held as collateral for a collection of Jewish books and manuscripts.

- News

* Case Predates Nationalist Rally By Alexander Bratersky

Tensions are rising ahead of an annual nationalist rally next week, with a former co-organizer facing two criminal cases for inciting ethnic hatred and riotous statements.

Luzhkov to Be Questioned in Bank of Moscow Investigation The Moscow Times

Former Mayor Yury Luzhkov said a summons for police questioning in connection with a Bank of Moscow investigation is retaliation for his criticism of President Dmitry Medvedev, news reports said.

* U.S. Woman Sentenced in Smuggling Case The Associated Press

Federal prosecutors in New York City say a Latvian-born woman who has drawn comparisons to a spy with the same first name will spend four months in jail for trying to smuggle high-tech rifle scopes to Russia.

* Germans Who Danced for Kadyrov May Lose Salaries The Moscow Times

Members of a German TV dancing troupe that performed in front of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on his Oct. 15 birthday in Grozny will be asked to donate their fees to the Reporters Without Borders media watchdog, German news reports said Tuesday.

* American Eager for ’Sports Car’ Space Ride Reuters

Veteran U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank said he was eager to fly a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, likening it to a sports car and NASA’s space shuttle to a big truck.

* NATO Hopes to Link Russia to Missile Shield The Associated Press

NATO still hopes to engage Russia in its prospective missile defense system, but won’t yield to Moscow’s push for the shield to be run jointly, an alliance envoy said Tuesday.

* Azerbaijan Wins UN Council Seat, Slovenia Bitter Reuters

Azerbaijan has secured a seat on the UN Security Council for next year and 2013 after Slovenia withdrew from the race following 16 inconclusive rounds of voting.

- Business

* Dvorkovich Says Georgia Could Ruin Christmas By Irina Filatova

Finland said Tuesday that Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization by year’s end would be the "best Christmas gift for world trade," but Kremlin aide Arkady Dvorkovich warned that Georgia might spoil the holidays.

* Navalny Helps Track Potholes The Moscow Times

Moscow drivers will be able to plot routes avoiding potholes and improper speed bumps thanks to a deal between a navigation service provider and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny’s pothole-battling site, RosYama.ru.

* Investors Mull 2nd Coal Terminal at Ust-Luga Port Reuters

The head of the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga said a number of investors were considering the construction of a second coal terminal with an annual capacity of up to 10 million tons.

* TNK-BP Management Calls for Lawsuit Combined Reports

The management board of Anglo-Russian TNK-BP Ltd. has asked its board of directors to sue shareholder BP for billions of dollars in damages over BP’s failed alliance with Rosneft, sources said Tuesday.

* Mail.Ru Optimistic With Rising Q3 Revenue Combined Reports

Internet group Mail.ru said Tuesday that its third-quarter revenue rose 59.1 percent year on year and reiterated its full-year guidance, despite growth slowing from 64 percent in the previous quarter.

* LUKoil to Spend $100Bln

* Polyus FTSE Move Delayed

* Kraft Puts $100M in Coffee

*For the Record

- Opinion

 Putin Takes a Populist Turn By Anders Aslund

After a long rest, alternating between publicity stunts and foreign trips representing Gazprom, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suddenly woken up with the announcement about his renewed presidential ambitions and several substantial policy statements.

* Alexei Navalny vs. Vladlen Stepanov By Yulia Latynina

Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny has lost a defamation lawsuit filed by Vladlen Stepanov, whom Navalny had implicated in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. This is very good news — not that Navalny lost, of course, but that the lawsuit publicized some very important information.

- Arts & Ideas

* The Art of Diplomatic Translation By Michele A. Berdy

When Joseph P. Mazza graduated from George Washington University in international politics in 1984, he had no intention of becoming a translator. He did, however, love languages, so he accepted a job as a clerk translator at the Navy, translating from Russian.

* Simplicity Rules at Fashion Week Reuters

Simplicity will be the watchword for Russia’s fashionistas next season, driven by designers’ narrowing budgets and a lack of good fabric in the country.

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