Month: June 2009

June 1, 2009

Energy Blast – June 1, 2009

Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has said that should Europe offer support, Russia may assist in a gas loan to Ukraine.  It seems unlikely that the EU will agree, with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso saying a loan would be ...
June 1, 2009

Today in Russian Business – June 1, 2009

Sberbank, GAZ and Canada’s Magna International have won the bid for Opel; the government has not commented on the sale, although Putin was seen taking his vintage GAZ-21 for a spin.  Bloomberg reports that the deal may deepen ties betwe...
June 1, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 1, 2009

TODAY: Talks on Russia joining WTO require work; South Ossetia election sees Georgia tensions simmer; no ‘begging’ for Belarus; Moscow opposition march broken up by police; Russian dolls President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Min...