photo East news/AP There are too many interest groups in Russian society, government and business to be satisfied with the same foreign policy. What is the essence of Putin's foreign policy? It is reactive, that is, it almost exclusively responds to external impulses, rather than generating its own. Mostly cautious, although liberally peppered with tough statements. The central concept is prestige - its strengthening is valuable in itself.

The legend of foreign origin helps promote the brand in Russia. There are many examples: Greenfield tea, Nordway sports equipment, Bork household appliances, etc. When a brand is firmly established in the market, you don’t have to think about it. In the early 2000s, the youth clothing brand Tom Farr appeared on the Russian market. Advertising publications talked about the Italian Tommaso Farrini from a family of hereditary tailors from the city of Treviso.

Vladimir Potanin, Sergei Guriev and Elizaveta Osetinskaya argue about whether the history of Russian business could have been different. How and why is Russian business changing? Judging by the events that occurred while 100 issues of Russian Forbes were being published (see page 92), the changes are mainly quantitative. Fortunes, transaction amounts and sales volumes rise and fall.

02 July 2012 news Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Euro 2012: who, how and where supported their own people. Photo Millions of fans watched the European Championship games - a month of incredible emotions flew by.

July 02, 2012 Mode for the visually impaired Speech synthesis “Marusya” works Listen Share Add to favorites Government Forbes decided to find out what income the members of the new government declared. There are seven deputy prime ministers and 21 ministers in Dmitry Medvedev's cabinet. According to the 2011 declaration, the richest is Alexander Khloponin, the poorest is Vladimir Kolokoltsev. Dmitry Medvedev Chairman of the Government Income 3.4 million rubles Property: Apartment 367.8 sq.m.

Who makes good wine in Australia? Once in Australia, you discover that everything you knew about this country is a myth. The eucalyptus koala bear has a nasty temperament, and the best Barossa Valley wines sell for about the same price as a Grand Cru from Bordeaux. In the case of Australian wines, comparisons with France are inevitable, and they are not always in favor of the Old World. The fruit aromas here are brighter, the body is denser, the tannin is silkier.

The chief editor of the Central Television program, Alexander Urzhanov, left NTV. “As of this week, I no longer work for NTV,” Urzhanov said on his Facebook page. According to the journalist, he made the decision to leave the channel back in April, when NTV General Director Vladimir Kulistikov cut the salaries of several channel employees. “But in my case, he at least explained why,” writes Urzhanov.

How to find parking spaces in cities. Fifty rubles per hour—this is the fee for parking within the Boulevard Ring that the capital’s authorities are planning to introduce starting next year. The coordinator of the Blue Buckets society, Pyotr Shkumatov, recently called this amount “exorbitant.” But while the capital’s car enthusiasts are so inclined, the commercial effectiveness of parking lots can be forgotten and investors will only build them under pressure.

Alexander Kel sells programs to pharmacists that adjust the composition of medications. And he is going to participate in the boom in personalized medicine. We can deconstruct your genome!” is a bold statement that greets everyone who visits Genexplain.com.

With the increase in labor productivity, the problem that comes to the forefront is where to spend your free time. Five years ago, the ideal consumer device appeared on the market: iPhone sales began on June 29, 2007. I didn't notice this, however. Three days before, my daughter was born, and I had enough other worries. The daughter, her name is Ksyusha, is now, as you might guess, five years old. And she, like me, did not notice the change of eras.

If one of the businessmen violates the rules, others must bear joint responsibility. Nikita Belykh , governor of the Kirov region I had to work in business, government, in the socio-political sphere and again in government. I was able to feel from the inside the mood in all corners of the triangle “government - business - society”. And, in my opinion, what is happening in this triangle now contributes to anything but normal progress or modernization.

The SOMATOM Definition Flash computed x-ray tomograph from Siemens has found wide application in pediatric radiology. A system of two X-ray tubes, which has no analogues in the world, speeds up the examination by half, and the reduction in radiation exposure reaches 72%.

Global press coverage: Liechtenstein's prince threatens to leave kingdom if he is stripped of his absolute veto, and Rwanda's president uses memories of genocide to crush political opposition Europe From an economic point of view, Liechtenstein continues to remain a safe haven in Europe: the tsunami of financial problems in the region has practically not affected the dwarf state, and the population of the kingdom continues to enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world.

Now is not the time to change the pension system In modern Russia there is a strange tradition: to abolish some institution at the very moment when it finally begins to work. Experience shows that it takes at least 10 years for an institute to start functioning normally. But Russians do not have enough patience, and it is at this moment that the institute is canceled. This was the case with gubernatorial elections at one time.

photo by Dmitry Ternovoy for Forbes You are holding in your hands the 100th anniversary issue of the Russian version of Forbes magazine. 100 issues is not so much, considering that the American publication has been published since 1917, but it is already enough to notice how much Russian business has changed during this time. When the first issues of Forbes were published, the list of the richest was headed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky (read political prisoner column No. 1 on page 112).