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...The artist charged with putting V-A-C on the map is Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson....
...In August Gupta splashed out on a £42m house in Belgravia, where he would count the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska as a neighbour....
...What else we’re reading The People v Harvey Weinstein Only hours after Hollywood partied into the night, Harvey Weinstein hobbled up the steps to a New York City criminal court....
...“The deal enjoyed substantial investor demand as the issuer does not come to international debt markets often,” said Andrey Soloviev, global head of debt capital markets at VTB Capital, which was a joint...
...The feet in question belong to Oleg Ivenko, a soloist from the Kazan ballet company in his first acting role....
...The move is part of a management shake-up by owner Oleg Deripaska at his metals and energy group....
...Rusal, the aluminium producer owned by tycoon Oleg Deripaska, said on Friday it would seek approval from shareholders on a plan to initiate the "shoot out" - effectively a forced auction - that would determine...
...Vladislav Soloviev, Rusal’s chief executive, will also become company president, the people said on condition of anonymity....
...Oleg Deripaska, owner of aluminium producer Rusal, has been fighting for control of Norilsk with rival billionaire metals tycoon Vladimir Potanin in one of Russia’s most colourful corporate sagas....
...Consumption of aluminium is set to remain healthy until the end of the year, increasing by 5.9 per cent for the whole of 2017” said chief executive Vladislav Soloviev....
...“The aluminium market remained in robust health in the first quarter,” chief executive Vladislav Soloviev said in a statement....
...Smart reads Dumb pipes v bright lights Is AT&T savvy enough to understand the mischievous world of media?...
...“If Putin’s name was Oleg, there’d be a cult of the all-powerful Oleg by now,” quipped the writer Oleg Kashin....
...Rusal, controlled by billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska, produces 7 per cent of the world’s aluminium, a lightweight metal that is used in everything from soft drink cans to car bodies....
...Crisis planning v important at Smythson too. Wot if Vogue bans leather accessories in fuchsia, etc? Nick from Treasury is like: ‘Greek economy v small’....
...Mr Navalny said Oleg Dobrodeev, general manager of the state television and radio holding, also belonged on the list, as did his son Boris....
...Vladislav Soloviev, deputy chief executive of Rusal, argues that a “fair” price would be $2,300. Some analysts agree....
...“When I saw Céline’s big coats I thought about Russian wartime,” says Maria Baibakova, a US-based gallerist and daughter of the mining magnate Oleg Baibakov....
...Yuri Soloviev Head of VTB Capital, the new titan of Russian investment banking, part of state-owned VTB Bank....
...If the law were a branch of the entertainment industry, the English legal system would be entitled to give itself a standing ovation for securing the Berezovsky v Abramovich case....
...The list of witnesses reads like a who’s who of those that flourished most during that unhappy period: the latest walk-on part being Oleg Deripaska, the aluminium king, who testified on Friday....
...The cases – Boris Berezovsky v Roman Abramovich and Michael Cherney v Oleg Deripaska – are seen as potential sources of political and commercial embarrassment to Russia....
...There are lots of restaurants and cafés here and every evening we walk down the Avenue Georges V to the cinemas in the Champs Elysées. We see all kinds of films, new releases and older ones....
...Mr Dougall says that even as the number of distressed investment opportunities multiply, many banks are still hoping for a quick V-shaped recovery....
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