VTB, Russia’s second-largest bank, is completing its acquisition of a 50% stake in an unconfirmed commercial bank in Azerbaijan. Russia’s Alrosa has proven rough diamond reserves worth $109.3 billion. Belgian financial group KBC says i...
TODAY: Kremlin shuts down St Petersburg University for “fire safety violations”, sparking protests and accusations; draft proposals put forward for internet controls. Relations with Ukraine, Jordan and India are current priorities. Medvedev loves ...
A columnist at the Moscow Times is not amused by Dmitry Medvedev’s “rule of law” speech, which criticized the lack of respect for copyright laws by Russian citizens who buy pirated DVDs and CDs while at the same time Vasily Alexa...
This one comes from BBJ: “On one track, OMV seeks the support of EU institutions and legal mechanisms to force a takeover of Hungary’s private-owned MOL energy company, which has consistently bested OMV in the regional market competition. On...
Is it time to start a 24/7 Nabucco watch? The once-doomed natural gas pipeline project, designed to bring supply from the Caspian region directly to Europe, has recently gotten some positive nudges in the right direction – but the drama is f...
We’re big fans of the investigative journalism of Stern’s Hans-Martin Tillack, and have posted numerous translations of his work in the past. Here Tillack takes a look at some of Nord Stream’s odd partners and practices. Gerhard ...
Below is a statement from Mikhail Khodorkovsky. 11 February 2008 An announcement by Mikhail Khodorkovsky The tragic situation surrounding Vasily Aleksanyan, my gravely ill former colleague and lawyer, has shown that there are a great many people i...
The following article was sent to me from a regular reader who wishes to remain anonymous. There may be Smoke on the Water in Moscow, but the only fires burning in many Russian towns are in wood stoves. It has been reported in the press that Russi...
I’m pleased to announce that my blog has reached another milestone with the publishing of our 2,000th article in English. Just last August we hit 1,000, so it looks like things are speeding up – no doubt thanks to our new daily news bl...
President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Gazprom on its 15th anniversary, saying that “the history of the company is a history of great, hard and coordinated work of a team of the like-minded”. “There is a depressing sense of déjà vu about the l...
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