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Russian media to face limited foreign ownership

MOSCOW, Russia - The Russian business daily Vedomosti is one of the companies expected to be affected by a set of amendments to the law to limit the share of foreign participation in the charter capital of the Russian mass media to 20 percent or less from the present below 50 percent. Photo shows the building housing Vedomosti in Moscow.

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Koizumi picked as politician of year

MOSCOW, Russia - Major Russian economic daily Vedomosti carries on its front page on Dec. 29 a story on its selection of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as the politician of the year. Koizumi ''refused to compromise with the opposition bloc (in his postal privatization drive) and won a landslide victory after dissolving the House of Representatives,'' it said. ''He showed the qualifications that are required of a capable politician.''

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Koizumi picked as politician of year

MOSCOW, Russia - Major Russian economic daily Vedomosti carries on its front page on Dec. 29 a story on its selection of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as the politician of the year. Koizumi ''refused to compromise with the opposition bloc (in his postal privatization drive) and won a landslide victory after dissolving the House of Representatives,'' it said. ''He showed the qualifications that are required of a capable politician.'' (Kyodo)