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The Moscow Times was the only newspaper represented at the Russian-American Business Summit, which participated in by Dmitry Medvedev and Barak Obama

On 7 July 2009 The Moscow Times published a special full colour issue of the newspaper, timed to coincide with the visit of Barak Obama to Moscow.

The newspaper was presented at the Russian-American Business Summit, which was organized by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) at Manezh. The forum drew the participation of more than 700 key representatives of Russian and international business, the political elite and non-governmental organizations.



Friday, July 10, 2009 Updated at 10 July 2009 0:46 Moscow Time.

The Moscow Times » » Politics

Russia Gleefully Offers Election Tips

10 November 2000By Yevgenia Borisova / The Moscow TimesRussians gleefully watched the turmoil over the U.S. presidential election Thursday after a decade of being lectured that the United States is the model of democracy. Fresh from a trip to Chicago to observe the vote, Central Elections Commission head Alexander Veshnyakov declared that the American system is confusing and undemocratic. Veshnyakov, who himself came under fire for his handling of Russia’s presidential vote in March, said Washington could learn a lesson from Moscow. ""In Russia, presidential elections are conducted in a more democratic way and are more easily understood by the voters,"" he told Kommersant. A Russian presidential hopeful needs to win more than 50 percent of the popular vote or a runoff between the two top candidates to claim victory. The United States elects a president through the Electoral College and not popular votes. ""This is simply quite stupid,"" liberal lawmaker and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov told Reuters. ""The American electoral system needs modernizing.

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