http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/ 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 23:22:10 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/upload/iblock/0e7/NEWS-3-luzhkov.jpg 330 250 D. Grishkin / Vedomosti || Moscow's mayor, Yury Luzhkov. He may be receiving not-so-subtle signals from the Kremlin through the investigations targeting his subordinates. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415157.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415162.html By Nabi Abdullaev <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/oOUb1APeqIM/415162.html Prime Minister Vladimir Putin insisted that Russia remained open to foreign investment in strategic sectors, accused jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky of having "blood on his hands" and spoke of Washington and Beijing in uncharacteristically warm terms during a meeting with Russia experts. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U-8jiaeHdh1q9NjWog2TVLKSEcc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U-8jiaeHdh1q9NjWog2TVLKSEcc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U-8jiaeHdh1q9NjWog2TVLKSEcc/1/da"><img 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<moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/5OFdZQ8xEBo/415114.html LUKoil vice president Anatoly Barkov, cleared by police in a car crash that killed two women, including the mother of a 2-year-old girl, promised on Tuesday to use his own money to support the girl until she reaches adulthood. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P5TMziLBnzWc01CnssoH3qkC6sA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P5TMziLBnzWc01CnssoH3qkC6sA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P5TMziLBnzWc01CnssoH3qkC6sA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P5TMziLBnzWc01CnssoH3qkC6sA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415114.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415175.html The Moscow Times <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/gGHmsKECelw/415175.html Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, faces an environmental disaster because there are no legal garbage dumps, Vedomosti reported Tuesday, citing a report by the Audit Chamber. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NblJj0Z1H5U0FQuoVFadD1E2qVM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NblJj0Z1H5U0FQuoVFadD1E2qVM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NblJj0Z1H5U0FQuoVFadD1E2qVM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NblJj0Z1H5U0FQuoVFadD1E2qVM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415175.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/415154.html The Associated Press <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoscowtimes/news/~3/60abqypBFbk/415154.html Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday that the damage from this summer's wildfires would have been less severe if authorities had 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