Rudkovskaya runs a chain of beauty salons in Russia, but she is also the producer for Bilan, one of the most popular singers in Russia.
When the pop singer Dima Bilan won the Eurovision song contest in 2008, he was immediately phoned by the then president, Dmitry Medvedev, and feted across state media.
Matthias Lüfkens (@Luefkens) is Head of Social Networks at the World Economic Forum, He is an occasional contributor to the Swiss-French magazine Bilan (www.bilan.ch) and blogs in French at http://lufkens.wordpress.com/.wordpress.com/
Rudkovskaya, a 35-year-old fashion entrepreneur, runs a chain of beauty salons in Russia, but she is also the producer of Dima Bilan, one of the most popular singers in Russia.
That's the word from "Bilan" magazine, a Swiss business publication that publishes an annual list of Switzerland's 300 wealthiest residents.
"I highly doubt that the more than 200,000 graduates who were unable to make any payments on their student loans last year would have spent the tens of thousands of dollars necessary to access the $250 deal," said Bilan Arte, national chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students.
The Russian entry, Dima Bilan, accompanied by a manic fiddle player and an Olympic champion figure skater who pirouetted around the stage, won comfortably.
8) Not to neglect our European friends here, Dima Bilan, nominated in the Europe's Favourite Act category, won the Eurovision song contest earlier this year.
More than 100 million television viewers worldwide watched the finale in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday as the 26-year-old Mr. Bilan, performing, above center, with Edvin Marton, left, and Evgeni Plushenko, received 272 points from voters in 43 countries, defeating Ani Lorak of Ukraine (230) and Kalomira of Greece (218).
After introductory remarks and words of encouragement and support, the 64 delegates and J8 staff were treated to heartthrob Dima Bilan's MTV concert in the main palace courtyard, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display as twilight descended just after midnight.
