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...island in his teens. In 1978, upon graduation from the fabled Phystech, Moscow's Institute of Physics and Technology--Russia's answer to M.I.T.--Medvedev, who majored in automated control systems, got a job with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), a top Soviet think tank. Eleven years and a Ph.D. in economics later, Medvedev found himself in Vienna as a director of the Soviet Donau-Bank. He then served as director of the Vienna-based Investment Management and Advisory Group (IMAG), launched by Russia. In 1997, Medvedev had his first taste of hydrocarbons as vice president...
Medvedev's pro-Putin maneuvering and his willingness to leverage supply power has made him a top gun at Gazprom. And more important, he who controls Gazpromexport controls Gazprom, says Mikhail Krutikhin, chief analyst for RusEnergy, Russia's authoritative energy think tank. Though Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller is also a Putin man, Medvedev was installed directly by the Kremlin independently of Miller, Krutikhin maintains. Both toe the same line, but the Kremlin runs them separately. Mutual mistrust makes for cooperation, to paraphrase Stalin...
...Uncertainty is endemic to the job hunt, and anathema to soldiers like Hughes. He trained for all four posts on the eight-wheeled, tank-like vehicles called Strykers, and deployed to Iraq in October 2004. On his first day in Mosul he was shot at. A few months later, the driver of the Stryker ahead of his was killed by a roadside bomb. Still, he grew to love his work. "I didn't have that feeling until I went to Iraq, that I was good at something," he says. "Things fell into place - everybody depending on me, letting me know...
Grosz, known for her work in the field of artificial intelligence, has served as dean of science at Radcliffe since its rebirth as a think tank in 2001. She has played a key role in building the school’s science fellowship programs...
Grosz, known for her work in the field of artificial intelligence, has served as dean of science at Radcliffe since its rebirth as a think tank in 2001. She has played a key role in building the school's science fellowship programs...