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...Minister. Putin's move dramatically strengthens the state's hold on the energy sector. Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that the assets of embattled oil major Yukos would soon be sold off in a transparent, legal way; Gazpromneft seems likely to take the spoils. Luxury Goody Two-Shoes N o loafing here: Gucci has agreed to become the first luxury fashion house to abide by a stringent voluntary labor code, the company confirmed last week to TIME. The leather and apparel firm, a division of France 's Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, pledged earlier this month that Gucci headquarters outside Florence...
...Looking for villains? The crowd reserved its lustiest boos for the judges. There were questionable calls in the pool, on the gymnastics floor, in the boxing ring, on the baseball diamond - even in team dressage. Occasionally, the fans took matters into their own hands: after Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov was awarded a low score, his supporters unleashed a barrage of whistles and jeers, forcing the judges to revise his score up. He still only finished fifth. Incredibly, the judging controversy almost managed to overshadow the Games' other scandal: the level of doping. At least 22 athletes in a range...
...former top aide to President Boris Yeltsin, now director of the Institute of Modernization, a Moscow-based think tank. Many oil magnates, officials and analysts believe a Rosneft takeover is the real motive for destroying Yukos. "Sechin's role in this is an open secret," says Duma deputy Alexei Kondaurov, a former KGB general and Yukos executive. Profits and tax revenues from the oil industry fund over half of Russia's federal budget. Yukos accounts for 20% of Russia's oil production, Rosneft for 4.5%. But Sergei Oganesyan, head of the Federal Energy Agency and Rosneft's deputy board chairman...
...temporarily, which would surely push prices higher. Nor does the Kremlin appear to have any qualms about roiling the world's oil markets as the battle with Yukos drags on. "The people who are masterminding the assault on Yukos simply do not take such economic factors into account," says Alexei Kondaurov, a former top Yukos executive. A Moscow court last Friday overruled the Kremlin's seizure of Yukos' core production unit. The government's strategy is to "play a cat-and-mouse game with the company" to drive down its market value and hope to buy its oil assets...
Those arriving at the Brattle Street theater expecting a spot of Dostoevskian drama will be disappointed to learn that the performers’ formidable moustaches are practically the only things linking the men on stage to their Russian namesakes Dmitri, Alexei, Ivan and Pavel. And only three of the entertainers have facial hair...