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The average monthly wages in Moscow according to government figures stands at RUB 30,109 (approx. USA $839) from January-December 2008. RBC We get asked for this information all the time. This is not a figure for Russia but for Moscow only. People who live in rural Russia are making closer to $100 to $200 a […]

the Moscow government told RBC today. GDP grew only 6 percent in 2008 against 7.7 percent a year earlier, while industrial production growth amounted to a mere 0.5 percent in 2008 compared to 11.5 percent in 2007. Similarly, fixed investment edged up 0.6 percent in 2008 against 6 percent in the previous year, while the […]

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A Very Simple Borsch 400g – beef2 – average size red beets200g – cabbage4 – potatoes1 – carrot5g – garlic or to taste2 – tomatoes1 – tsp. vinegarsalt and pepper, to tasteparsley to taste or several pinchesdill to taste or a pinchonions to taste or 1 onion Borsch is like a soup, but do not […]

Our Western colleagues saw in Russia a partner that one cannot wipe one’s feet on!

I am drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about the play that Svetlana and I saw last night in downtown Moscow, Russia. It was a play for the employees of the Gazprom Bank. Ever year Gazprom Bank has a special event for International Womens Day that falls on the 8th of March. One […]

I was drinking my cup of coffee and doing some thinking, Lets continue today on this missile issue. Medvedev came out yesterday and said what I expected him to say. Russia will not sell out Iran over the missile defense issue. The Western press stirred up a hornets nest and relations in Russian eyes went […]