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Crashing Russia's all-cash culture

Check out my latest piece for Fortune about Russia’s cash culture and the e-money economy that has sprung up to service the payments that slip past the big banks. via Fortune

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Kremlin to monitor Russian blogosphere still more actively

Just before the weekend, the Kremlin announced it’s in the market for innovative ideas. It will pay a contractor 5 million rubles (just over $150,000) to scour the Russian blogosphere for original solutions to the country’s myriad problems, according to … Continue reading

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