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Inside this issue
• A two-tier market is emerging with small businesses hit hardest
• Banking institutions are playing it safe
• The state is pushing ahead with nuclear power investment - -
Content
Caught between modernity and chaos
The latest terrorist attack on the capital is a reminder of the forces that threaten the country’s ambition, reports Charles Clover
Politics: The leadership tandem that keeps the pundits guessing
Charles Clover on why silence over succession suits both Medvedev and Putin
Economy: Unrest as subsidies and credit dry up
For many there has simply been a delay of the crisis, says Charles Clover
Corrosives: Industrial coatings group spreads its wings abroad
What began in a garage in their home town of Revka in the Urals, is now a $23m-a-year industrial coating company, writes Isabel Gorst
Stock market: The government has to work hard to attract investors
Competition with other emerging economies is intense, says Courtney Weaver
Profile: Thinking big helps Metalloinvest weather the crisis
The metallurgical and steel giant is not one to do things by halves, writes Courtney Weaver
Banking: Loans available only to low-risk borrowers
Institutions are using every trick to protect themselves, says Catherine Belton
Corporate strategy: Company restructuring comes to a standstill
There is a dearth of M&A, reports Catherine Belton
Perm: City tries culture to stem exodus
Charles Clover visits a provincial capital that is trying to regenerate itself through the arts
Profile: Sole surviving labour camp to stand as reminder of the past
Perm 36 is the only intact and restored Stalinera prison camp and has been turned into a museum, writes Charles Clover
