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The Moscow Times was the only newspaper represented at the Russian-American Business Summit where Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama spoke July 7

July 7, 2009 -- The Moscow Times published a special full-color issue of the newspaper timed to coincide with the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Moscow on July, 7, 2009.

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 (RSPP) at the Manezh Exhibition Hall. The forum drew more than 700 key representatives of Russian and international business, the political elite and nongovernmental organizations.

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Friday, July 10, 2009 Updated at 10 July 2009 18:13 Moscow Time

Kudrin Promises Energy Revolution
By Maria Antonova / The Moscow Times Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday promised a Russian “energy revolution” this fall when the State Duma considers a bill to make the country 40 percent more efficient in its power use by 2020.

Orthodox Church Gets a Say on Duma Bills
By Alexandra Odynova / The Moscow Times Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill invited the United Russia deputies to his office to voice his angst over EU-backed plans to introduce sex education in Russian schools.

Kudrin Expects 1% Growth in 2010
By Anatoly Medetsky / The Moscow Times The economy could switch gears and grow by at least 1 percent next year, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Thursday in a rare encouraging forecast from one of the government’s inveterate pessimists.

Travelers Face Limit of $630 on New Goods
By Nikolaus von Twickel / The Moscow Times Customs looks to collect more duties from travelers as it struggles to fill a gap in revenues brought on by the crisis.

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A worker painting an Old Believers church near Belorussky Station on Thursday. United Russia will allow Patriarch Kirill to preview all pending legislation.more

British Diplomat Quits Amid Sex Tape Scandal
By Anna Malpas / The Moscow Times Britain’s deputy consul general in Yekaterinburg resigned after a video surfaced of a man who resembles him having sex with two prostitutes, the Foreign Office said Thursday.

U.S.-Russia Group to Fight Graft
By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Kyril Sukhotski / Reuters A new top-level U.S.-Russia commission set up by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev should help investors resolve problems that are impeding trade, such as corruption and bureaucracy, a business leader said.

In the Spotlight
By Anna Malpas / The Moscow Times This week, Russia celebrated the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, a holiday that dates all the way back to last year, when first lady Svetlana Medvedeva snapped her manicured fingers and decided that on July 8 there should be an oddly shaped bench, a cheesy pop concert and lots of daisies.

Calendar Listings: July 9 - July 15, 2009
Listings of cultural events being held in Moscow this week.

Editors' Picks

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: In Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Trust

Students Bring Smiles to Lonely Old Folks

Obama Charts Path to Bolster Trade

Blogs

Window on Eurasia: Hackers Increasingly Targeting Religion Sites
By Paul Goble / Special to The Moscow Times The trend reflects in part the growing importance of the Internet in Russian religious life.

Theater Plus: A Personal Remembrance of Vasily Aksyonov
By John Freedman / The Moscow Times I have a personal connection to Vasily Pavlovich, who entered my life after he had already become the world-famous author of several of the most important novels in Soviet literature.

News

News in Brief	Russia Wants to Open 2nd Military Base in Kyrgyzstan
G8 and G5 Sign Agreement on Environment	Medvedev Disappoints Japan’s Aso on Kurils
New Name for Leningradsky?	Obama Visit Praised
Crime Soars To 10-Year High in Army	Central Asians Evacuated From China
2 Russian Emigres, One Spying Mess	The ‘Reset’ Starts, Now for the Political Will

Business

G8 Summit Turns to Trade, Currencies	Conclusion of Opel Deal Mired in Varied Interests
Egypt Says Deal Found On Wheat	Business in Brief
Business in Brief	U.S. Calls New WTO Bid ‘Unworkable’
Medvedev Says Oil Can’t Be Regulated	PepsiCo Opens Plant With Vow to Potato Farmers
Ruble Drops With Oil Price On Decline	Evraz, TMK Take Own Paths on Debt Load

Opinion

Vladimir Ryzhkov: Obama Surprises Russia	Michele A. Berdy: Getting All Bent Out of Shape
Alexander Golts: Strategic Schizophrenia	Boris Kagarlitsky: Taking Credit for Sweden’s Defeat
Op-Ed Contributor: Russia No Match for NATO	Op-Ed Contributor: The Business of Diplomacy
Yulia Latynina: The Smell of War at Breakfast	Op-Ed Contributor: Obama and Medvedev Off to a Good Start
Op-Ed Contributor: Mikhail Khodorkovsky: In Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Trust	Konstantin Sonin: 4 Reasons Why Obama Picked My University

Arts & Ideas

In the Spotlight	British Director Reflects on the Russian Greats
G8 Leaders to Be Gifted Books, Coins at Summit	Wanted
Zany ‘Hamlet’ Tops Stellar Opera Season	Calendar Listings: July 9 - July 15, 2009
Cinema	Concerts
Dance	Exhibits