Month: January 2008

January 10, 2008

Russian Children and Anti-Western Tirades in the Media

For quite a few years now, the Russian Business Consulting website and RBK Daily newspaper have had a well-earned reputation as a quality and unbiased source of Russian business news. Recently, though, we have noticed a palpable politicization in ...
January 10, 2008

Energy Blast, Jan. 10, 2008

It is expected that Russian oil exploration and production company Imperial Energy will form a strategic tie up with Gazprombank this year following pressure from regulators last year. Gazprom announced that it has increased natural gas supplies t...
January 10, 2008

Today in Russian Business

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog has initiated two cases against the Russian subsidiary of the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank and nine insurance companies over concerns about competition. A new law came into effect in Russia on January 1st this year, unde...
January 10, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan. 10, 2008

TODAY: Medvedev goes “campaigning”; Putin appoints controversial new NATO envoy; Zubkov to set up gambling zone; Nashi falling afoul of the law; British Council defy orders as promised; disagreements in the UN. First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry M...
January 9, 2008

Derek Brower: The UK goes nuclear

Gordon Brown’s government thinks it has an answer to the twin problems of climate change and energy security By Derek Brower in London SOMETIMES governments make the right decision the wrong way. Tomorrow, Gordon Brown’s Labour government will do ...
January 9, 2008

Energy Blast, Jan. 9, 2008

Russian stocks rose on the first trading day of the year, led by Gazprom “as investors bet that the leading candidate in the country’s presidential race will support the natural-gas industry if he takes office.” Shell’s chief officer has com...
January 9, 2008

Today in Russian Business

A review of the Russian economy in 2007 and a forecast for events in 2008 can be found here. St. Petersburg’s government closed the city’s slot machine halls on Jan. 1 to comply with new anti- gambling legislation. Under a new law, all...
January 9, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan. 9, 2008

TODAY: 16-yr old activist attacked; Sarkozy defends Putin’s election; are corruption charges driving Putin’s political ambition?; Poland expects imports to be resumed; Russia tries to claim back its overseas Orthodox churches. One Russian newspape...
January 8, 2008

Aslund: Hiding from Rule of Law

In a new Op/Ed for the recently reactivated Moscow Times, Anders Aslund points out two reasons why the president of Russia is unable to give up power: “Putin could not retire for two reasons. First, serious accusations of corruption and gran...