It was too long ago that Vladimir Putin and the billionaire Rusal owner Oleg Deripaska were catching a lot of flak for the state’s preferential bailout of the corporate giant – like similar complaints in the U.S. bailout, many felt as ...
From a posting published over on the Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Communications Center which argues that 10,000 people on the streets of Kaliningrad over the weekend is a notable development: So what is new here? During the transition between Vladi...
Opposition movement Solidarity is opposing a government plan to invest $33 billion in nuclear energy over the next ten years, citing security and environmental concerns, high costs and the potential damage to tourism. Oleg Deripaska’s ...
Russia’s budget deficit could reach 6.8% of GDP this year – worse than last year. But Alexei Kudrin expects foreign direct investment to return to pre-crisis levels of $60-70 billion. Perhaps a face-to-face meeting with Dmi...
TODAY: Medvedev’s think-tank to press for return to Yeltsin-era policies? Kaliningrad protests have officials worried, reports say; Russia and US reach nuclear reduction agreement ‘in principle’; police rally round commander accu...
An unsanctioned rally – is the same kind of term as a juicy fact. Artificially thought up, pulled out of a hat by cowardly and dependent people. A rally can’t be sanctioned – according to the Constitution of the RF, it is sanctio...
While the blogosphere is running rampant with speculation about former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s assertion that the Russian government attempted to economically attack the United States by pressuring China to sell Fannie Mae and Fred...
Not long ago we posted a video testimony of Labour MP Gisela Stuart commenting on the ongoing show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Below are several more testimonies from Ed Davey, Greg Hands, Julia Goldsworthy, and Malcolm Bruce.
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin says he will convince the Finance Ministry to keep the blanket zero duty on oil exports from East Siberia. The quarterly reports are in, with BP recording almost halved annual profits and forecasting a slow ...
McDonald’s is celebrating 20 years of business in Russia, announcing plans for significant expansion this year in the country, which is ‘one of the fastest-growing [fast-food] markets in Europe‘. The country’s first McDonal...
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