The topic of limiting the number of foreign players in Russian sport gains ever greater popularity each sporting season. Unfortunately, this is to a large degree in response to scandals. Football lovers still have fresh memories of a situation, surrounding the scandal that flared up when Zenit FC violated the foreign-player limit in a 2009 Russian Football Championship match against FC Lokomotiv. Another hot debate, about the value of introducing a Russian Hockey Federation limit on foreign goal-minders, only recently died down.

Laundering of the proceeds from crime is one of the most dangerous phenomena in the framework of the organized crime. The world community is aware of the necessity to take urgent measures to solve the problem.

The global financial crisis has affected the Russian labor market - employers are concerned about their costs more than ever. Obviously, cutting employees’ salaries and eliminating employment positions is the first thing that comes to mind. Basically, employees of financial companies, construction companies, metallurgists, car manufacturers, airline employees, realtors, real estate companies, state employees and service personnel have already entered the list of those suffering from the crisis. According to the Federal Labor & Employment Service (Rostrud), another wave of dismissals is coming. As expected, a major portion of dismissals shall fall in December 2008 and January 2009. By now, about 4,000 Russian companies have declared their intention to reduce personnel. As already mentioned, the main reason behind this is the necessity to cut company costs, including manpower costs.