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Russian Oligarchs and their Superyacht Toys

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 · Category Stumbled upon · comments 4

Russian Oligarchs and their Superyacht Toys

The Super Yachting Index is the yearly overview of the largest Superyachts in the world today. In 2009 the construction of > 30 m yachts dropped by 18% to 213. The number of new contracts dropped from 241 to 90.

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Marussia B1 and B1: First ever Russian Supercars

Sunday, November 14, 2010 · Category Stumbled upon · comments 1

Marussia B1 and B1: First ever Russian Supercars

In 2007 Nikolai Fomenko started of on a journey to produce the first ever Russian supercar. The early 3D designs promised something beautiful to be build. In December 2008 the first vehicle, the Marussia B1, saw the light in Moscow. Now the first supercars from Marussia Motors - the Marussia B1 and B2 - are displayed in a showroom close to the Kremlin.

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Why Russia should not be a B(R)IC member

Monday, November 15, 2010 · Category Economy · comments 2

Why Russia should not be a B(R)IC member

After 9/11 economist Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs Group, created the term BRIC to describe the four major emerging countries in the world. He made a series of projections for the future, imagining what the world would look like - economically speaking - in 2050. Since than the media has used the term as an acronym to refer to Brasil, Russia, India and China. Russia should not be in the BRIC, because the country's crisis is not financial but systematical.

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Russian Camera FED-3

Friday, October 29, 2010 · Category Stumbled upon · comments 2

Russian Camera FED-3

Suddenly I was the owner of a Russian-soviet camera FED-3. Gift from Maxim, L'vov, Ukraine.

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