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Smithsonian Rare Russian Coin Collection Seeks Exhibition SponsorOn a recent visit to the museum, Smithsonian officials outlined for America.gov how the collection chronicles the history of Russia from the early principalities which made it up, to the time of Peter the Great, and on to the 20th... In this article: Smithsonian Institution, Tax, Russia, Copper, and Bolshevik |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 3 days ago
Impact of crisis to equal Berlin Wall fall - German minister
...workforce. GM stunned Berlin and the entire global auto world earlier this month when it pulled a handbrake turn on a deal that would have sold off Opel to a consortium of Canadian car parts maker Magna and Russia's Sberbank. Germany had...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Sberbank, Berlin, Communism, Magna, and Germany
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BusinessWeek Online | November 09, 2009
Opel drama drags on. Forster out, Lutz in.
...manage day-to-day workings. This shouldn't surprise anyone. Forster supported selling Opel to Magna and Russia's OAO Sberbank, which GM management and the board opposed all along. Given his stance on the sale, it's surprising that he has...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Carl-Peter Forster, Detroit, Europe, U.S., and Email Marketing
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FT.com - Lex | November 04, 2009
GM / Opel
...size to make a profit. BACKGROUND NEWS GM late on Tuesday night sent shockwaves through Europe and the car industry by abandoning its planned sale of Opel to Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank. The surprise move sparked angry reaction...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Magna, Germany, US, Europe, Berlin, GM Europe, and Sberbank
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Detroit News | November 08, 2009
General Motors tries to restart deal with Magna in Russia
...of Opel and transfer the stake to a Russian automaker, most likely GAZ. GAZ, Russia's No. 2 automaker, Magna and GM began discussing a production deal three years ago. But the negotiations fizzled after GAZ owner Oleg Deripaska ran into...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna International Inc., GAZ, John Smith, Oleg Deripaska, and Vladimir Putin
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GM defends plans to keep Opel
...unions and the German government sharply criticized GM's plan to keep Opel. GM is Magna's largest customer, and may get additional business from GM in Russia. But the Opel arrangement -- GM would have retained a minority stake -- raised...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna International Inc., Sberbank, Europe, Bankruptcy, Cold sores, and Harvard
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Russian bank to cut 67,000 jobs
...backing for a bid for General Motors Europe Sberbank, Russia's largest lender, has announced plans to cut as many as 67,000 jobs, or a quarter of its workforce, within the next five years. Around 27,000 of these jobs will go by the end...
In this article: Sberbank, Magna, General Motors, and Europe
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boston.com - Latest world news | November 02, 2009
GM board to meet, decide fate of Opel, Vauxhall
...growing market. Withdrawing from the Magna-Sberbank offer would have made things difficult for GM in Russia, and Dudenhoeffer predicts the new Opel and GM will focus on Russia and developing markets especially in Asia. There has been...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna International Inc., Sberbank, Germany, EU, Europe, and All rights reserved
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CNN | November 03, 2009
GM abandons planned sale of Opel
German government asking repayment of a $2.2 billion bridging loan GM has abandoned its planned sale of Opel to Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank . The surprise move will be an embarrassment for the German government which has...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna, U.S., Sberbank, Britain, and E mail
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Anger over GM's Opel U-turn
...its gravely damaged automotive industry with the help of Opel. However, GM said on Tuesday it would strive to resume its co-operation with Russia's carmaker Gaz. The GM board's move came after the the European Commission last month...
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Russia (pronounced: /en-us-Russia.ogg/; rrɐˈsʲijə), officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation (rrɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈraʦəjə), is a country in northern Eurasia (Europe and Asia together). It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. Russia shares borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait). At 17075400 km2, Russia is by far the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth’s land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower.
It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.
- Name:
- Russia
- Capital:
- Moscow
- Language:
- Russian official throughout the country; twenty-seven others co-official in various regions
- Largest City:
- Moscow
- Government type:
- Federal semi-presidential republic
- Legislature:
- Federal Assembly
- Upper House:
- Federation Council
- Lower House:
- State Duma
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1721
- Formations:
- Kievan Rus'
- Area:
- 6,592,800
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $2.264 trillion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 6th
- GDP (nominal):
- $1.676 trillion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 52nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 8th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $11,807
- Currency:
- Ruble
- Demonym:
- Russian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- RUB
- Country Calling Code:
- +7
- ccTLD:
- .ru (.su reserved), (.рф 2009)
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