http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/ The Moscow Times is a daily English-language newspaper featuring objective, reliable news on business, politics and culture in Russia and the former Soviet Union (CIS). en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:15:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/upload/iblock/7de/BIZ-1-duma.jpg 330 250 M. Stulov / Vedomosti || A bottle of vodka being consigned to the ground during an anti-alcohol demonstration in this file photo. In its new legislative session, the State Duma is set to consider laws targeting illicit liquor sales, among other issues. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415161.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415161.html By Irina Filatova and Anatoly Medetsky <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/business/~3/LITjb8PwVsQ/415161.html The State Duma opened its fall session Tuesday looking to pass economic legislation that clarifies tough anti-monopoly regulations and puts further pressure on the country's rampant alcohol consumption. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mOBnwCwROsKqtEdMLHfL2TgrPH8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mOBnwCwROsKqtEdMLHfL2TgrPH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mOBnwCwROsKqtEdMLHfL2TgrPH8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mOBnwCwROsKqtEdMLHfL2TgrPH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415161.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415151.html Combined Reports <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/business/~3/Oh1CyHQp62A/415151.html Silvinit has sold its 32 percent stake in trading firm International Potash Company, data on its web site showed Tuesday, in another sign that Russia's largest potash producer is headed for a merger with rival Uralkali. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i89rRkDyTzfOWd-JSvRaM0EdA2k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i89rRkDyTzfOWd-JSvRaM0EdA2k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i89rRkDyTzfOWd-JSvRaM0EdA2k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/i89rRkDyTzfOWd-JSvRaM0EdA2k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415151.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415150.html Combined Reports <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/business/~3/0RNv0LxAtSc/415150.html China agreed last month to lend Russia about $6 billion in exchange for increased coal supplies over the next quarter century, the Russian Energy Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qXfJoyCEEEuqgITvBsFmbS8TmN4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qXfJoyCEEEuqgITvBsFmbS8TmN4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qXfJoyCEEEuqgITvBsFmbS8TmN4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qXfJoyCEEEuqgITvBsFmbS8TmN4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415150.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415158.html Combined Reports <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/business/~3/pg7lscJ_swg/415158.html Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday proposed the resurrection of a Soviet-era project to divert Siberian rivers southward to provide drinking water for drought-hit regions of Central Asia. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ifD-yrMedtVJ2gcp7BR7xSaT3ZM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ifD-yrMedtVJ2gcp7BR7xSaT3ZM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ifD-yrMedtVJ2gcp7BR7xSaT3ZM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ifD-yrMedtVJ2gcp7BR7xSaT3ZM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415158.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415152.html Bloomberg <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/business/~3/RukH-zyOuhQ/415152.html The government on Tuesday raised its estimate for national grain stockpiles, making increased imports unnecessary, and said buckwheat was the only staple with 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