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...strategy against NTV was to use the fact that it was heavily in debt to have the state-owned Gazprom company, its biggest creditor, take it over. And that's a weapon against most of the media, because other than Cosmopolitan, it's hard to find a single Russian publication that's not heavily in debt. So what options does that leave the Gusinsky group's journalists...
...usually characterized by hours of lively discussion—we talk about how, as we celebrate the Jews’ liberation from slavery, we should fight for the liberation of other peoples from oppressive regimes. In the past, to put this idea into practice, we gave money to Russian and Ethiopian Jews who were immigrating to Israel. During the war in Bosnia, we sent money and clothes to the victims, and we supported Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and the end of apartheid in South Africa...
...might guess that souls were used as some kind of proxy, i.e., a way of saying that every living human on Russian soil was liable for a certain fee. But intuitive problems inherent in taxing souls are borne out by a more rigorous examination of the action at hand. Merriam-Webster traces tax from Middle English, “to estimate, assess, tax;” to Old French taxer, to Medieval Latin taxare; and finally to Latin, “to feel, estimate, censure, (frequentative of tangere to touch).” The tangibility of assets taxed (as well...
...certainly looking forward to a new role, perhaps a more influential role in the House," Harte said. "I love the idea of complementing my work in Russian Literature by working with the students...
...news about Vladimir Putin's first year in power is that he has shown a consistent desire to curb independent media. The more reassuring news is that he is making a hash of it ? so far, at least. Over the past year the full force of the Russian state has been concentrated on Media-Most, the owner of NTV, the one independent TV station with a near-nationwide reach. It has been raided dozens of times, founder Vladimir Gusinsky is in Spain fighting extradition and other executives have fled the country. Judges have consistently ruled against NTV ? or quickly changed...