Word: moscow
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...which, by any objective measure, he should not have been invited. Even now a small army of diplomats is buttoning up the communiqués that will record a bland consensus on three topics Putin has chosen for the first G-8 Russia has ever hosted: energy security - which Moscow itself made controversial in January by cutting off gas supplies to Ukraine after raising the price of the commodity by 400% - and the less contentious areas of education and infectious disease. But the main focus of attention will be Russia itself: a Russia awash in oil money and emboldened...
...entire run at a guaranteed price. The profits-estimated at $25 million a year-bolstered the Kremlin's treasury and helped fund the buildup of nuclear arms. The Russian gems went into the vaults under Charterhouse Street. When the Soviet Union unraveled in 1990, De Beers went back to Moscow, offering the transitional government $1 billion in exchange for part of the nation's stockpile of Siberian diamonds. Diamonds were a $40 billion retail business by the 1990s. Only one thing could threaten its position-a large supply of stones outside the grasp of the cartel...
...received his first shipment of 100,000 Kalashnikov rifles from Russia; he also purchased a license to produce Kalashnikovs in Venezuela. In the wake of the recently passed U.S. arms ban against his country, Chavez is looking to acquire Russian helicopters and fighter aircraft - and is set to visit Moscow in late July to discuss arms deals, among other matters. Late last week, after Chavez announced a deal to buy 24 Russian fighter jets, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Venezuela appeared to be in the midst of an "outsized military buildup for a country of that size...
...bootleg DVDs, CDs and software in Russia, according to the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA). Crime syndicates are widely believed to control the business, worth an estimated $1.7 billion a year, according to the IIPA. With Russia seeking entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Western governments are pressuring Moscow to crack down on counterfeiting. Yet the trade is flourishing. "We've put very high-level pressure on the Russians to deal with this," says a Bush administration official. Two Bush cabinet heads have discussed allofmp3.com with Russian government ministers, to no avail, he adds. Says the official, "this...
...keeping the site alive? Loopholes in Russian law that sanction organizations such as ROMS may provide some legal cover. Prosecutors are also overwhelmed with violent crime and corruption cases and lack the resources to tackle complex copyright disputes. The IFPI has, in fact, filed three complaints, pleading with the Moscow City Prosecutor to launch a criminal probe. The prosecutor eventually agreed to pursue cases against MediaServices managing director Vadim Mamotin and a former official, Denis Kvasov, and on April 21 impounded a computer server, though the site was up and running the next day. One of those cases has since...