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...Russian companies could prosper if their government supports U.S. action against Saddam. The Kremlin has made clear to the Bush Administration its fear that postwar Iraq will pump too much oil, lowering the world price below $18 per bbl.--the level at which Russia's oil companies can no longer make a profit. That has led some industry officials to believe that Washington, eager to secure Moscow's approval for military action in Iraq, has quietly agreed to keep prices from falling too low and to help Russian oil companies win contracts in the new Iraq...
Last week the teen pop duo t.A.T.u. hit No. 1 on the British singles chart, the first Russian band to do so, with the moody dance track All the Things She Said. Their gimmick? They're cute, they wear skimpy schoolgirl outfits, and they make out with each other. It's unclear whether Lena Katina, 18, left, and Julie Volkova, 17, are lesbians or just attention hungry, but nobody seems to care: the single has gone to No. 1 in Spain, Austria and Italy, and--don't look so superior--their album is swiftly moving up the Billboard charts...
...nerve to pour $6.75 billion into Russia - more than double the total amount of foreign direct investment in the country last year. So the oil industry took notice last week when British Petroleum paid that sum for a 50% stake in oil company TNK, making the biggest purchase of Russian equity ever. But just as BP was showing its faith in Russia, environmental groups were claiming the company had become an apostate to the green causes it once championed. TNK has some notoriously polluted assets, like the Ryazan refinery and the Samotlor field in western Siberia, where 6,500 hectares...
...million viewers who regularly tuned into the top-rated NTV television news show Namedni (The Other Day) were used to the show's anchor, Leonid Parfyonov, lambasting Russian President Vladimir Putin - even mocking Putin's resemblance to Dobby the house elf from the Harry Potter movies. But Parfyonov's performance last week was uncharacteristically subdued, given that he had recently announced plans to end the program. Still, even if expected, the final sign-off came as a shock: "Namedni will not appear again ... Good luck." Namedni's demise means the end for NTV, once Russia's only private national television...
...VADIM AND THE RUSSIAN PERCUSSION. Led by Vadim, one of Ninja Tune’s most elite sample warriors, the highly touted Russian Percussion aim to funkify body and soul with integrated scratching, beatboxing and rhyming. What’s more, world-renowned breakbeat ninja Hrvatski (from Somerville) will provide the opening DJ set at 9 p.m. Flip out. Friday, February 14 at 10:30 p.m. Tickets $10. T.T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline...