Month: March 2010

March 3, 2010

Energy Blast – March 3, 2010

‘Economically, he’s doing well,‘ Vladimir Putin said of Mikhail Prokhorov. ‘As they say, he cashed out. I have very good relations with him. He is looking where to invest his funds. But he must fulfil his [power investment]...
March 3, 2010

Today in Russian Business – March 3, 2010

In France, President Dmitry Medvedev is urging French investors to help Russia modernize its economy.  Medvedev has submitted a series of changes for the Criminal Code on economic crimes: remove the article on false entrepreneurship, reduce p...
March 3, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 3, 2010

TODAY: Medvedev in France, Sarkozy claims similar objectives; 5,000-strong rally in Kaliningrad; Rogozin on Russia’s ‘privileged interests’; Media rights group claims Sochi journalists are being pressured into blocking certain co...
March 2, 2010

The West Has No Idea What to Do with the East

But they had better put on their thinking caps.  From Ronald D. Asmus of the German Marshall Fund in the Moscow Times: And what is Western policy? In reality, the West today no longer has a grand strategy toward the East. The moral and strate...
March 2, 2010

Russia Says No and Yes to Iran Sanctions Simultaneously

Oh boy.  We’ve seen Kremlin doublespeak many times, but this is pretty close together Medvedev on Reuters: Russia says it may consider Iran sanctions Lavrov on Reuters, hours earlier:  Russia says still room for diplomacy with Iran...
March 2, 2010

Prokhorov Defends Russia’s Olympic Hockey Team

I completely agree with the big guy here – further I don’t really see how it improves athletic performance to threaten, insult, and fire everyone involved over the poor outing at the Olympics.  Probably the best solution is more s...
March 2, 2010

Energy Blast – March 2, 2010

Russian coal producer Kuzbass Fuel is considering an initial public offering to fund plans to double output, which would be the first in Russia’s energy coal sector.  Ecologists protesting the reopening of the Baikal paper mill, believi...
March 2, 2010

Today in Russian Business – March 2, 2010

Economic recovery for the Russian Bear is ‘just around the corner‘, says Reuters, but notes that the banking sector ‘still faces the threat of a crisis‘.  RenCap, rebounding after being heavily hit by the financial cri...
March 2, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 2, 2010

TODAY: Investigative Committee to reconsider arrest of YouTube protest officer; Georgia and Russia reopen border; funds for Ingushetia; Medvedev says Olympic officials will be sacked; military doctrines, warships and fighter jets; Russians less ag...