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By John Helmer, Moscow There is no negotiation under way and no agreement between Alrosa and India’s state-owned Minerals and Metals Trading Company, MMTC, for a private placement of Alrosa shares in Indian hands, Russian sources, including a high Alrosa official, told PolishedPrices.com today. They were responding to a string of recent press reports from […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow The big difference between the penny dreadful and the novels of the great crime writers is not the characters who wind up dead, nor who did it to them, nor how; but rather what truth the tale reveals about the society in which the crime takes place and the humankind responsible […]

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By John Helmer, Moscow Intelligence quotient tests are not required for visas to enter Russia temporarily, especially not if you are running another country. The last certified fool to be received by the Kremlin at the head of government level was Ronald Reagan. In retrospect, it is now clear that he was in an early […]