Russia’s foreign minister on Friday accused Britain of politicizing the investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, warning it would strain relations between the two countries.
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June 1, 2007World Wildlife Fund and the Interros, an industry group controlled by Norilsk Nickel billionaire owner Vladimir Potanin, which conducts the construction of the Roza Khutor ski resort in Sochi (a resort city in Russia’s South) announced the launch of a unique project titled “The Recovery of the Persian Leopard in the Caucasus.â€
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May 25, 2007Russian Machines, a unit of industrial holding Basic Element, owned by russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, would indirectly acquire 20 million shares of auto parts supplier Magna International, raising speculation that the company is generating cash for a bid to buy Chrysler Group.
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May 11, 2007Aluminum mogul Oleg Deripaska will buy a 30 percent stake in Austrian builder Strabag for 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion), boosting the clout of Europe’s fifth-largest builder in Russia.
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April 27, 2007Viktor Vekselberg, Russian billionaire and co-owner of RusAl aluminium giant and TNK-BP oil venture, has teamed up with the founder of BHP Billiton Brian Gilbertson to produce jewelry under the famous Faberge trademark.
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April 16, 2007The British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, has condemned Russian fugitive oligarch Boris Berezovsky’s statements on a coup attempt in Russia, the PressTV web-site reports.
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Russian exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky said Friday that he was planning a revolution in Russia to overthrow President Vladimir Putin.
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April 13, 2007The new ad spoofs the case of Russian billionaire playboy Mikhail Prokhorov, a top executive and co-owner of the mining giant Norilsk Nickel, who was detained by French police at the Courchevel ski resort in France in January.
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April 9, 2007Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky met Russian investigators in London on Friday to answer questions over the killing of former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, the Reuters news agency reports.
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April 1, 2007A Moscow court ruled on Wednesday that Forbes magazine had defamed Russia’s richest woman and ordered it to pay her about 110,000 rubles ($4,224) in compensation, the Interfax news agency reports.
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