Month: November 2009

November 27, 2009

Russia’s Pipeline Dreams Advance

The Wall Street Journal is running an article today on the efforts by Moscow to advance the Nord Stream and South Stream pipelines against the U.S. and Brussels-backed option to get the Nabucco built.  While the Obama Administration has been ...
November 27, 2009

Putin’s Al Capone Moment in France

Perhaps expecting some respite from weeks of having his public image battered both in media and in the polls, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived to France this week to do some business for Gazprom (roping in EDF for 10% of South Stream)...
November 27, 2009

Energy Blast – Nov 27, 2009

Russia’s Energy Ministry has unveiled its $2 trillion investment plan to develop the sector through to 2030, focusing on raised oil production and a 33% increase in gas output.  The plan also predicts that state influence in the oil and...
November 27, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Nov 27, 2009

‘After Brazil imposed a tax on capital inflows a month ago, Russia is now the BRIC country most exposed to foreign capital, and officials have said they are considering “soft” measures to stem inflows.‘  Russia has set...
November 27, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 27, 2009

TODAY: Police force under fire as new story of police violence emerges; government-sponsored TV ‘hampering democracy’, Belykh running Kirov, law permits bullying of NGOs, Samizdat listed as ‘extremist’, blogger sentenced to...
November 26, 2009

Russia Admits Partial Guilt in Prison Death

Just yesterday the Interior Ministry held a provocative press conference on the Hermitage and Sergei Magnitsky matter, denying they had any knowledge of his untreated illness.  It prompted a press release response from Browder’s people ...
November 26, 2009

Russia Accused of Torture in Magnitsky Death

My thanks to Streetwise Professor for pointing toward this Moscow Times piece by Sergei Guriev and Aleh Tsyvinsky.  I especially like the Prof’s comment:  “I have a question for the self-styled Russophiles on this site, who c...
November 26, 2009

Energy Blast – Nov 26, 2009

Ahead of the UN Conference in Copenhagen next month, the US has announced its target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions – which ‘will be widely regarded as far from satisfactory in its detail‘, says The Independent.  Are d...
November 26, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Nov 26, 2009

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin’s comments on Russia’s ‘overheating‘ economy ‘are dragging the market down,‘ says this analyst.  Kudrin also announced that Vneshekonombank, on whose board he sits, will buy a...