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These are heady days for investment bankers in Moscow. And that’s not just because business is booming. What has really put a spring in bankers’ steps is the state of the job market. The going rate for a senior, well connected investment banker in Russia? It’s up to $7m a year and rising. Recently, the head of investment banking at UBS, Edward Kaufman, was hired by oligarch-owned Alfa Bank on a two-year package said to be worth $10m annually. While that might already seem like London or New Yo...