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wildcat venture (hastily formed and financially precarious or speculative Халеев); wildcat (Халеев); front company (I found that meaning, specifically the notion of a front company, in several other sources. In one description of unsavory business practices and jargon the author mentions: скинуть деньги на бивиайскую живопырку – to move money to some BVI [front company  themoscowtimes.com); cover company (В России банков чрезмерное количество, так же, как вузов и авиакомпаний. 100 авиакомпаний, из них 10 нормальные, а остальные живопырки – Russia has a huge number of banks, as well as educational institutions and airline companies. Out of 100 airlines, 10 are functioning and the others are covers for something else. themoscowtimes.com); dummy (company: And yet another politician commented on the merger of several small parties with a big one. Here he seems to think живопырки are dupes: 'Понятно, зачем политтехнологам власти надувать „жертвенные живопырки". Ими удобно манипулировать' – It's obvious why the authorities' political strategists want to blow up ‘sacrificial dummies.' It's easy to manipulate them. themoscowtimes.com) |
