Month: December 2009

December 1, 2009

Russian Views of the Obama Reset

I have read Ivan Krastev’s curious article in the Washington Post today, and although there were some parts that weren’t quite so persuasive (Russia is not “a declining power”), he does get it right about how Washington fai...
December 1, 2009

The “Braggadocio” of Russian Gas

The Financial Times is running a special report today on energy security, taking note that most governments in Europe still haven’t figured out how to tell their voters that alternative energy strategies may be costly now but valuable for th...
December 1, 2009

With the Theft of Yukos, What Goes Around, Comes Around

Today we are seeing a lot of interesting discussions on yesterday’s court decision which found that Russia is still bound by the Energy Charter Treaty, making them potentially liable in a suit being brought by Yukos shareholders for the expr...
December 1, 2009

Energy Blast – Dec 1, 2009

An international tribunal has ruled in favor of Yukos shareholders who are seeking up to $100 billion compensation from the Russian government after the company assets were frozen and subsumed into Rosneft in 2006.  The ruling deemed that Rus...
December 1, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Dec 1, 2009

The leader of Russia’s second largest labor union, Boris Kravchenko, is eying a merger with another mass union in an attempt to reinforce the leverage of workers at a time of high unemployment, the Moscow Times reports.  KPMG’s bu...
December 1, 2009

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

TODAY: Browder on Magnitsky; Luzkhov wins his Nemtsov libel suit; blogging fury prompts cancellation of dacha tender; HIV rates on the up; discrimination follows apace.  OSCE to discuss Medvedev security proposals; analysts wonder whether dra...
December 1, 2009

Yukos Gets Major Win with ECT Arbitration

From the Wall Street Journal: A European arbitration panel Monday ruled that an expropriation claim valued at up to $100 billion by former shareholders of bankrupt oil giant OAO Yukos can proceed against the Russian government, the plaintiffs said...