Bonar's Blog
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Police fire water cannon and teargas to disperse demonstrators
“Police fired teargas and water cannon Saturday as thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital to demand sweeping electoral reforms. “The otherwise peaceful rally was disrupted when…
Travel
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Paradise found, in south Thailand
Paradise found, in south Thailand
John Bonar reports on the treasure nestling within the JW Marriott portfolio in Southern Thailand’s…
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The Magic of Borneo
The Magic of Borneo
By John Bonar
I’m biased. The 5-star Le Meridien Hotel, with an outdoor pool on…
Latest News
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FOREX CLUB Wins 2012 Best Dealing Room award
FOREX CLUB, a leading online broker, has won the 'Best Dealing Room' award at the 2012 World Finance Foreign Exchange Awards. The honour comes as a result of voting by the magazine's 60,000 global readership. The awards, now in their fifth year, recognise industry leaders and institutions that represent the benchmark of success and best practice in foreign exchange.
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DLD and Skolkovo Present DLD Moscow
Market leaders Mail.ru, Vkontakte and Yandex, together with a further 40 speakers and 400 guests, will debate Russia's digital future at the digital conference, DLD Moscow, taking place from 27-29 May 2012, and is being held in the Russian metropolis for the first time. Russia is one of the fastest growing and leading European digital markets, as demonstrated by the…
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How to Invest in Russia to be published in German
The OWC – Foreign Trade Publishing House is publishing the German version of the AEB-publication ‘How to Invest in Russia’ at the end of June. The guide ‘AEB- Investieren in Russland 2012’ has a circulation of 10,000 copies and reaches subscribers of the monthly German business magazine ‘OST WEST-CONTACT’ and the weekly newsletter ‘RUSSLAND aktuell’. 2,000 copies will be distributed additionally…
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Over a million passengers used Sheremetyevo airport during the May holidays
The international airport of Sheremetyevo has summarized the May holiday flight program, which is traditionally a period of intense streams of air-passengers to and from vacation places. According to preliminary results, from April 25 till May 9 of 2012 Sheremetyevo airport served 1 million 040 thousand passengers, which is 14.2% more than the figure of the last year.
The passenger traffic on international…
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New CEO for Alfa-Bank
Alfa-Bank announces the appointment of Alexey Marey as Chief Executive Officer and Member of its Board of Directors. Rushan Khvesyuk who has been holding senior executive posts at Alfa-Bank for many years, is appointed Chef Executive Officer of Alfa Banking Group. Mr. Khvesyuk will continue to be involved in strategic management of the Bank as a member of the…
Chris Weafer's Strategy Note
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Russia strategy - winners and losers from weaker ruble
On the back of the strong domestic macro backdrop, we have favored the domestic banking, real estate, consumer goods and TMT sectors since the beginning of the year. Overall, this stance was quite profitable, and many sectors are still maintaining YTD outperformance. While the domestic theme has not in any…
Written on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:00 in Chris Weafer's Investor Notes
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Special Feature
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Special Offer on Banner ads on BSR web site
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John Bonar
Advertising rates for banner advertisements in the Business Watch segment on the four-year old www.bsr-russia.com's web site have been slashed by £400 to £800 a year for advertisers who pay 12 months in advance for a banner ad across every story in a selected category in the site's Business…
Written on Wednesday, 18 August 2010 10:00 in Media & Advertising
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