The IMF is predicting a cool down in Russia’s surging economic growth. They write in the World Economic Outlook, “In Russia and Ukraine, where banks borrowed heavily in international markets to finance rapid growth in domestic lending,...
TODAY: Tanks on Red Square, Ban Ki-Moon visits Russia, big business pleads before Medvedev, China buying less weapons from Russia, castration for pedophiles, and the seven-year presidential term. The May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow once again...
…or at least one of them. To whom will Prokhorov’s stake in Norilsk fall? So far everything has been civil in this epic business drama, with the normal use of lawyers and contracts instead of bureaucratic favors, but many are wondering...
Yesterday the largest ever private equity deal in Russian history was announced, as TPG, the U.S. leveraged-buyout giant, is buying half of SIA International Ltd., a major pharmaceutical distributor in Russia, for $800 million. Finance Minister Al...
Today: The race for global position technology, Sergei Storchak emerges in court, Russia sends the first Korean to space, dividing the Ukraine, a question about missiles, and a wave of hate crimes. Today the Financial Times reports that a new thre...
Here’s an interesting outlook on the Russian economy from an analyst at Credit Suisse. More expropriations, greater regulation, and higher tariffs to come… Financial Times: Government intervention in Russia should be a focus for the st...
There’s an interesting post over at the Foreign Policy Passport blog about a conference in Salzburg dedicated to figuring out what Russia will be like in 2020. Blake Hounshell writes “If oil-company CEOs can’t predict the future ...
This opinion column appeared in the International Herald Tribune on Friday before President George Bush and Vladimir Putin “danced” together at the Sochi summit. The author, Oksana Chelysheva, is a journalist and director of the Nizhny...
On Friday, BP’s CEO Tony Hayward met with executives of Russian oil major Rosneft this week, including its powerful chairman Igor Sechin. Hayward said it was a regular meeting to discuss joint projects with the Russian company, while others ...
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