Section: Business Insider (USA)
McDonald’s may have a new Russian competitor
MOSCOW (AP) — Two of Russia’s best-known movie directors are aiming to create a chain of fast-food restaurants that would be an alternative to Western-style operations such as McDonald’s. The move by Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky, who are brothers, comes amid growing animosity toward the West, especially the United States,...
What it’s like to attend a modern day ‘gold digger academy’ in Russia
In this excerpt from British journalist of Russian heritage Peter Pomerantsev’s book “Nothing is True and Everything is Possible,” he describes what it’s like to attend a modern day “gold digger academy” in Russia. “Business theory teaches us one important lesson,” says the instructress. “Always thoroughly...
Russia just held a military exercise in a ‘breakaway republic’ in eastern Europe
Russia held a military exercise in an internationally unrecognized pro-Russian separatist region of Moldova on April 9, the Wall Street Journal reports citing Russian news agencies. The exercise was hosted in the breakaway republic of Transnistria, which the international community overwhelming considers to be part of Moldova. The exercise...
15 awesome women who outshine their rich and famous husbands
These wives of some of the world’s most rich and famous men are no slouches. Despite having access to all the money in the world, they have written novels, started companies, edited magazines and practiced law. In addition to their brains and entrepreneurship, many also happen to be gorgeous. From the talented and beautiful Dasha Zhukova to...
13 pictures that prove Amal Clooney is a complete boss
Amal Alamuddin Clooney has landed in New York City, and she’s made an even bigger splash than her mega-star husband, George Clooney. The pair are in the Big Apple while Clooney films a movie, and Alamuddin Clooney has been spotted everywhere from lunch with Anna Wintour to the halls of Columbia Law School, where the noted human rights...
Greece to make April IMF payment, but uncertainty reigns
Athens (AFP) – Greece is due to make its 459 million euro ($495 million) April loan payment to the IMF Thursday following days of uncertainty, but the European nation’s ability to honour its debts remains a source of acute anxiety to creditors.As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras launched a two-day charm offensive in Moscow on...
‘Lady Death’ WWII sniper film aims for hit in Russia and Ukraine
Moscow (AFP) – A Russian-Ukrainian film about a legendary Soviet sniper nicknamed “Lady Death” is aiming to be a hit on the silver screen in both nations, despite the crisis that has turned the former allies against each other. Titled “Battle for Sevastopol” in Russia but “Indestructible” across the...
Meet the guy who has gamed the airline industry so he never has to pay for a flight again
When I spoke with Scott Keyes, he was on a 10-hour layover in Dallas kicking back in the Centurion Lounge where American Express has provided its members with free food and drinks, high-speed WiFi, free spa services, and even its own shower suite. “It’s just a day in the office in here essentially,” the 28-year-old Keyes told Business...
US general: Russian long-range bombers are ‘messaging’ the US with provocative flights
Russia is using its long-range bomber fleet to “message” the US about Moscow’s international military capabilities, the US general in charge of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said. Defense News reports Adm. Bill Gortney told reporters on April 7 that Russian long-range bombers are increasingly flying close...
No, Russia is not about to bail out Greece
A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of Putinism. It seems wherever one looks these days, whether it is Europe’s far-right parties or its struggling governments in the periphery, people can see signs of Muscovite influence over the proceedings. So Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s trip to the Kremlin this week was bound to crank...
