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Mittal himself credits his son Aditya with the idea of buying Arcelor. They first discussed the possibility in 2005, while in the midst of acquiring a Ukrainian company, then drilled into the detail of a possible bid last December, during a family skiing holiday in St. Moritz. On Jan. 13, Mittal made an informal approach to Dollé over dinner at his London mansion and, when Dollé gave a noncommittal answer, he took his bid directly to shareholders...
...Savitsky Karakalpakstan State Art Museum, tel: (998-61) 222 2556. The few travelers who stumble upon it never fail to be stunned by the discovery. The museum is named after Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky, its first curator, appointed in 1966 when it was called the Nukus State Museum. A Ukrainian archaeologist, Savitsky could have used his tenure to simply grow the museum's collection of Karakalpak artifacts - which he did. But, far from the Soviet central government's prying eyes, he also embarked on a risky task: rescuing art that had been proscribed by the Stalinist regime. Although Stalin died...
...Azria was looking for a design partner. A mutual friend sent Azria's way a Ukrainian-born former ballerina who had attended Los Angeles' Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and had worked for several small designers but was considering leaving fashion for her other passion, art. Her name was Lubov. "In the interview he asked me one question: Are you global, or are you detail oriented?" she says. "I said, 'The latter.' And he said, 'Great, you're hired because I'm global.'" Soon Azria asked Lubov another question. "He asked me to marry him after a shopping trip...
...most Western eyes, the political comeback of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych would seem to be a major setback for the celebrated Orange Revolution that brought President Viktor Yuschchenko to power in late 2004. It was the Russian-backed Yanukovych, leader of the eastern-leaning Party of the Regions (PR), who helped trigger the peaceful democratic uprising after initially winning a rigged Presidential election...
...desire to improve political ties with China outweighs commercial considerations. Yet by contrast, Vladimir Ryzhkov, an independent member of the Duma, reckons that the key driver of the Ukraine conflict earlier this year was Gazprom wanting better prices - "not some willingness to revive the [Russian] empire or punish [Ukrainian President Viktor] Yushchenko." A former Russian Deputy Energy Minister, Vladimir Milov, reports that top officials from Putin down spend a lot of their time fretting about corporate matters. "I was surprised to realize that the lion's share of our President's office work was detailed involvement in the daily life...