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“Central Election Committee of the Russian Federation officially declared D.Medvedev an elected President of Russia” (“Rossiyskaya gazeta”).

“Central Election Committee of the Russian Federation officially declared D.Medvedev an elected President of Russia” (“Rossiyskaya gazeta”).

“Chancellor of Germany paid a short visit to Moscow meeting V.Putin and D.Medvedev. Both D.Medvedev and A.Merkel hope for continuation of mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Germany (“Interfax”).

“Russia shot ahead into second place in the world after the USA according to the number of multi-millionaires having pushed aside Germany. Yesterday the American journal Forbes published the new list of 1125 people whose fortune exceeds $1 billion. This year it contains 87 Russians in comparison with the last year’s 53. The abnormal increase of multi-millionaires in Russia is explained by high prices for the goods of raw material export, consolidation of assets and injustice of social policy” (“Nezavisimaya gazeta”).

“By 2012 Russia should turn into a world financial centre. In order to achieve this objective Federal service for financial markets suggests introducing tax privileges for stock market participants. Liberalization of the rules aims at attracting an influx of investments. At the same time the experts warn that one should be ready for a new wave of “grey” schemes and usage of tax remissions for taxation optimization with the use of stock market instruments” (“Kommersant”).

“Gazprom” may become a sponsor of the forthcoming Olympic Games in London in 1212. It became known that “Gazprom” had already carried on a series of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). G.Haiberg, Head of IOC marketing committee, was in Moscow last November and this month he is visiting the Russian capital again to meet the Board of Director of the Russian gas giant. The sponsor in the oil and gas sector is to be chosen within the next few months” (“Ytro.ru”).