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...images of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin toasting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit to China this week conjured up memories of the Sino-Soviet alliance during the early years of the Cold War. But despite the bonhomie and talk of common interests, the neighbors are now most aligned by the bottom line. After signing $3.5 billion in deals and approving a framework for the export of a huge quantity of Russian natural gas to China during an Oct. 12-14 summit, the two countries have shown that what links them closest is the almighty deal...
...does America's sexiest statesman stack up? At No. 15, Obama is nowhere near as hot as Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the world's No. 1 hottest leader. And he just barely clocked in as sexier than Russian heartthrob Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who failed to break into the top 10 despite many, many pleas for attention. But supporters of a peaceful, nuclear-free future take heart: North Korea's Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, came in dead last, at a homely No. 172. (See TIME's photo-essay "Vladimir Putin: Action Figure...
...firms working on projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was gunned down in western Moscow on Feb. 6. The bodies of two others, Andrei Golubev and an unidentified associate, were found riddled with bullets in eastern Moscow on May 22. (Read "The Sochi Olympics: A Win for Putin...
...Observers say such an audacious plan is indicative of Gazprom's political influence, which is unparalleled among Russia's powerful state corporations. Before Vladimir Putin chose Dmitry Medvedev to succeed him as President last year, Medvedev served for six years as chairman of the natural gas monopoly, and thanks to a Putin-backed initiative, the company holds exclusive rights to export the fuel to Europe and beyond. Gazprom raked in about $140 billion in sales last year. It is easily Russia's most lucrative business...
...Valentina Matviyenko, the governor of St. Petersburg and one of Putin's most loyal allies, dismisses accusations of government meddling in the project as "nonsense." "This issue, to put it lightly, has been politicized," she tells TIME. She pointed to other surveys suggesting that "around half" of the city's population supports the Gazprom tower. "We will of course never allow anyone to change the look of historic St. Petersburg. At the same time, we understand that the city has to develop. The city has to follow modern architecture, and every century, every era has its own historical monuments...