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...bridging loan of $2.1 billion (€1.5 billion) to provide Opel with emergency funding and keep GM's European operations running. On top of that, the German government will give $4.3 billion (€3 billion) in loan guarantees. The Canadian firm would own 20% of the new group, Russia's biggest lender Sberbank would have a 35% stake, GM would keep a 35% stake in its European arm, and Opel workers would have 10%. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money in Germany...
...Harvard’s Davis Center for Eurasian Studies and the College’s Born in the USSR club actively encourage students to pursue Russian studies or seek out exposure to Russian culture. The Davis Center not only provides financial support to student internships and research in Russia and the CIS countries, but also hosts a variety of conferences and seminars.In addition, Harvard’s Born in the USSR club organizes events, such as Russian poetry readings, movie and game nights, and Russian tables. The purpose of all these activities is to increase Russian cultural awareness among both...
...removal of a World War II-era Soviet soldier from a public park; the attacks crippled the country's digital infrastructure, paralyzing government and media sites and hammering the former Soviet republic's largest bank. A massive cyberattack against Georgia is believed to have taken place before Russia's invasion of the country last year, crippling the banking system and disrupting cell-phone service...
...from just 6 million in 2006. That includes a reportedly successful attempt to hack into the $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project and copy data about the aircraft's design and electronics systems. The espionage is believed to have originated in China. Experts say computer criminals in China and Russia have also infiltrated America's electrical grid, covertly installing software to potentially damage it at any time (the governments of both countries have denied such actions). Attacks have mushroomed so quickly that the Defense Department reportedly plans to establish a new military command focused solely on computer warfare. Secretary Robert...
...government will develop the budget using conservative oil price estimates. What we're seeing right now is an effort to clean up the mess." And what analysts will be eyeing with increased interest in coming months is whether the differences over the budget mark a new stage in Russia's most important political relationship: the one between Medvedev and Putin...