Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom will sign a deal to buy the entire annual gas output from the Sakhalin-1 field of U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil in April-May. Gazprom has booked the band Deep Purple to fly from the UK to Moscow to perform at a spe...
Renault, the world’s fourth-largest carmaker, will share its technological expertise with Russia’s Avtovaz when it completes its purchase of a 25% stake in the “troubled carmaker”. Norcross, an arm of Russia’s Kapital Insurance Group, ...
TODAY: Conflicting reports on Vasily Aleksanyan’s situation. Russia expresses doubts over Iran’s test launch. US Energy Department is funding Russia’s support of Iran. Possible problems with Russia’s WTO accession. It is being reported that Russia...
In tomorrow’s edition of the Financial Times there is remarkable coverage given to the latest developments in the Khodorkovsky case. After the jump, some of the articles. Comments will be forthcoming from Robert Amsterdam. The lead editorial...
Below is a partial transcript of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s interview with the Financial Times on Feb. 6 in a Chita court. Transcript of Khodorkovsky interview highlights Partial transcript of the FT’s interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, conduc...
Here is a particularly strange bit of news from Russia – the debut of a romantic film about the private life of Vladimir Putin, though the producers adamantly claim otherwise: “For the first time we have the chance to take a look at the life...
Last year during a trip to Germany, Grigory Pasko agreed to tape some interviews for this blog to discuss his background, experience as a journalist in Russia, political trials under Putin, and numerous other subjects. With the presidential “...
We’ve heard in the past about Russia’s efforts to re-treaty the past, taking advantage of the new oil-and-gas fed leverage by scrapping previous arms and defense agreements with the West, and seeking to establish a new position in glob...
During his last visit to Canada, Robert Amsterdam was interviewed twice on the radio by Dave Rutherford. Click the links below to listen. CHQR in Calgary 770 AM – Jan 29, 2008 CHED in Edmonton 630 AM – Jan 31, 2008
There’s an interesting FT piece today about the European reactions to Super Tuesday. Apparently the Germans love Obama but are concerned about McCain, as they believe he would take a tougher line on Russia than Berlin is comfortable with. Tu...
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