BMIR # 15

2010-01-27 18:33:02  Situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Beau-Rivage is one of the last privately owned hotels in the city.

2010-01-27 18:30:09  A top-of-the-line fashion shoe shop called Shoemania set up shop in Geneva in September 2008 on the city’s most luxurious main street. Aliya Guimalov, the Russian owner, is delighted and dreams of wider horizons.

2010-01-27 18:26:47  Sergei Skripka was just 14 years old when he was struck by a revelation while riding the trolleybus in Kharkov.

2010-01-27 18:20:35  Christie’s Fine Art Department in London organised a special two day auction from October 12th to 13th, 2009 featuring items from the “Galerie Popoff” collection. The public was presented with a wide range of fine Russian Art items to choose from, the lion’s share of which were porcelains. Alexis de Tiesenhausen, the International Head of the Russian Art Department at Christie’s, agreed to comment on the results of the auction and to share his views on the Russian Art market’s current trends in an exclusive interview with Business Mir.

2010-01-27 18:14:08  Many international companies have chosen 12 Krasnopresnenskaya Naberezhnaya, the World Trade Centre (WTC) as the location for their Moscow offices.

2010-01-27 18:11:23  Switzerland is working on strengthening cooperation with Russia in the areas of science and technology through a cooperation programme developed by the Swiss Confederation and supervised by the University of Geneva. Yves Fluckiger, Deputy Rector of the University of Geneva and Coordinator of the Scientific & Technological Cooperation Programme Switzerland-Russia, gave Business Mir an exclusive interview.

2010-01-27 18:06:17  The nominal price of gold crossed the $1000 resistance and psychological level at the beginning of the last quarter 2009, resuming its positive trend. But is this figure really crucial? Why are there so many headlines on the subject if many investors consider gold to be a commodity like any other? Furthermore, how can investors profit from this rise? Can rising gold prices last beyond the current crisis? How should investors select the best investment vehicle to benefit from this trend?

2010-01-27 17:59:43  As the need for energy keeps growing, the world is looking for ways to get its power at lower costs and is considering options for modernising existing nuclear power plants.

2010-01-27 17:51:12  The large-scale war games held in 2009, West and Ladoga, were quite unlike the military exercises Russia held in previous years because they focused on ways to ensure the safe transportation of hydrocarbons to Europe by the proposed gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea.

2010-01-27 17:47:55  Switzerland is famous for high quality medical services and the professionalism of its medical staff – so you may be shocked to learn that vaccination is not mandatory in Switzerland.