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...What They're Drinking in Russia: Russians have had a taste for vodka since the Czars, but consumers are cutting back amid the global financial crunch. Even though manufacturers slashed vodka production 15% because of slumping demand, stores are saddled with some 22 million gallons of unsold spirits--six times their inventory of a year ago, according to an industry group. Meanwhile, alcohol-poisoning fatalities are on the rise, reportedly as drinkers turn to cheap, homemade liquor instead...
DIED Boris Fyodorov, 50, a former Deputy Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin, was a well-known reformer who co-founded the United Financial Group, one of Russia's leading investment banks. He spoke against corruption, demanding corporate oversight...
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...English courses focus not on teaching specific material but on “approaches” and “methodologies.” On the surface, this seems to make sense. With so much information readily accessible, why waste mental space on facts like the population of Russia or the circumference of a circle? Humans have limited mental capacity. Even Sherlock Holmes had to purge his mind of random trivia occasionally to make room for more important matters. Rote memorization, long a mainstay of the classroom, is now relegated to Classics concentrators and those people who play online trivia...
...After a month in the detention center, Said is sitting on a ferry heading to Athens as the sun sets over the Aegean. His brother, 29, made his way to Europe via Russia a decade ago, settling in the Netherlands, where he works as a tailor. As he gets ready to sleep on the floor of the ferry, Said shows off his red-and-black Korean-made ski jacket, which he bought in Iran for $60 before hiking over the mountain border to Turkey. There's a rip along one of the sleeves. "But it is warm," Said says with...