Aluminum 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, 2007How many Russian Billionare are there?
Why do so many of them live in London?
Answer:
Because if they live in London they do not have to pay any taxes.
Viktor 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, 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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March 21, 2007Alexander Litvinenko’s death put the spotlight on the world of spying Russian agents are as active in Britain now as at the height of the Cold War, the BBC reported on Thursday quoting senior Whitehall officials.
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March 17, 2007A mysterious Russian billionaire is building a yacht, worth 140 million pounds, in Genoa. It boasts seven decks, two helicopter pads and storage space for a submarine, the High Chic website reports. The future owner’s name is kept secret, but it is not Roman Abramovich, the well-known Russian owner of the Chelsea Football Club.
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March 12, 2007The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office wants to interview more than 100 people in London as part of an investigation into the poisoning of ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Monday quoting a deputy prosecutor general.
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Big-spending Chelsea will cut down on buying players in future years, according to billionaire owner Roman Abramovich.
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December 25, 2006
The funeral of the poisoned Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko was being held at Highgate Cemetery in north London today.
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December 7, 2006
Russia should carry out its own investigation into the poisoning death in London of former intelligence agent Alexander Litvinenko, the deputy justice minister was quoted by a newspaper in Moscow as saying, Agence France-Presse reported.
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December 6, 2006Forbes Russia editor-in-chief said Monday he had withdrawn his resignation after the parties to the last week’s conflict came to term over the December issue. The issue will be printed ’in its original form,’ the magazine’s publisher said Friday, a day after lawsuit threats prompted the destruction of thousands of copies of the magazine and its editor’s resignation.
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December 4, 2006
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