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Conservation of production at BCBK
1377 employees of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill will soon be laid off, says the management company Continental Management. The reason was the mills switch to a closed…
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Are mass layoffs waiting for us at work
The global financial crisis has already begun changing the labor market. Layoffs have started in Moscow, and 28 percent of Russians expect them in the next 2 to 3…
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Snowfall is disrupting the work of Irkutsk airport
Heavy snowfall today disrupted Irkutsk airport operations, several flights were delayed, and planes from Moscow and Novosibirsk had to be received in other cities. After…
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Will Baikal be taken away from Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia
The word Baikal may be made an officially registered national brand of Russia, and this initiative has already sparked heated debate in the Irkutsk region. Authorities…
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The era of cheap oil will end after the financial crisis
The International Energy Agency forecasts that after the global economy recovers, oil will again rise above 100 dollars a barrel, and by 2030 may exceed 200 dollars. The…
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The hockey season is open
Baikal-Energy played its first training match against its reserve team and won 8,1, but head coach Yevgeny Yerakhtin was unhappy with the main squad. Roman Murzin scored…
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Hydrochloric acid leak in Usolye Sibirskoye
On the evening of November 5, 700 liters of hydrochloric acid leaked at the chemical pharmaceutical plant during transfer to a transport tank. No one was injured, there…
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Medvedev set the emphasis
In the Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin, Dmitry Medvedev devoted an hour and a half to the address, much of it on the global financial crisis, anti crisis measures, and…
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List of tour operators will shrink
Amendments have been introduced to the State Duma that increase mandatory financial guarantees for tour operators tenfold, and this has already met sharp opposition from…