The Economist assumes that production costs are equal overall. That means it’s possible to measure the purchasing power of world currencies in reference to the dollar according to the price Big Macs. Using the Big Mac index, the U.S. dollar should cost 16.5 roubles instead of the official rate of 23.37 rubles quoted by the […]
Germany Handed Over Litvinenko Files to Russia Germany has handed over to Russia the files related to assassination of FSB ex-officer Alexander Litvinenko and attempted murder of Dmitry Kovtun, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Vladimir Markin, the official representative of Investigating Committee of the RF General Prosecutor Office. The files were provided in July, […]
Hello, I found this study on Russians and their so called desire to all leave the country. Like I suspected already while living in Russia, they do not have anymore desire to leave than other counties do…————————————————-Roughly a half of Russians don’t want to go overseas but a third of the nation (35 percent) favors […]
RBC: Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $588.3 billion as of July 18, 2008, $10 billion, or 1.7 percent, more than a week before. Over the previous two weeks, the reserves rose by $14.8 billion. From June 27 to July 18, they increased by $24.8 billion, or 4.4 percent. The fast rise could […]
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