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...Others see a campaign to strip Khodorkovsky of political influence, roll back the power and wealth of the Russian oligarchs, and perhaps even renationalize Russia's oil industry. The clearest indication of motive may have come last month, when Putin's aide-de-camp and deputy chief of staff, Igor Sechin, was named chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned oil company, Rosneft. Sechin, 43, has no known experience in the oil business. Rosneft would not comment on the appointment. But the company is poised to snap up some or all of the pieces of Yukos...
...horrors of World War I. That war was just as cruel as WW II. On many days thousands of soldiers lost their lives. Why aren't we creating elaborate new memorials for them? Is it because most of the soldiers involved in that conflict were not Americans? Igor Tyolgovatsor Budapest After the Rebellion "Two faces of china" [June 14] reported how the 1989 protests and their brutal suppression by the government are rapidly fading from the Chinese people's memory. That is too bad. China is still haunted by the ghosts of Tiananmen Square, as the Communist Party continues...
...southwest corner. "It's over," said Givi Targamadze, chairman of Georgia's Parliamentary Committee for Defense and Security. "The only thing that remains to be seen is who will come from Moscow to take Mr. Abashidze to Russia." That same night, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Igor Ivanov, arrived to tell Abashidze it was time to go, and they soon left for Moscow. As Abashidze flew into exile, fireworks flared over the regional capital, Batumi, and celebrations erupted on the streets. Chalk up another bloodless victory for Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's "rose revolution." Last November, crowds...
...shareholders had problems with the authorities, Yukos as a company was sound. Can Gerashchenko save the day? Roland Nash, analyst at Moscow-based Renaissance Capital, says the move is simply "papering over cracks." Still, Gerashchenko is expected to be elected chairman after shareholders meet in late June. Compensation Overdose? Igor Landau, the CEO of Franco-German drug company Aventis, fought off a hostile takeover attempt by France 's Sanofi-Synthélabo for three turbulent months. But he caved in last week and agreed...
Henoch also believes it is significant that the short is playing at the Brattle, just steps away from where Fokin performed prior to his death. “The hometown crowd, the opportunity to play at the Brattle, across from where Igor used to perform, all those things make this the most significant venue we will play,” he says...