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Due West: Windfall Tax on Russian Privatization

20:17 10/02/2012 Weekly column by Konstantin von Eggert

When he heard about this, Russia’s former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov tweeted bitterly: “Khodorkovsky and I suggested this. His reaction: I was sacked, Khodorkovsky sent jail.” But will Vladimir Putin try to heal one of the deepest wounds of the post-Soviet Russian psyche?

Trendswatcher: The Trouble with ‘Intimate’ English
17:06 10/02/2012
Learn English! It will lead to better employment opportunities! It will aid you on your travels! It will help you appreciate works of art and countless internet memes! It will make your teeth straighter and your butt firmer!1

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Investigators are now looking for the flight data recorder

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Deciphering equipment for the voice recorder of a crashed Russian passenger jet will be delivered to Jakarta from Moscow on Thursday morning, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry reported.

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