Month: September 2010

September 2, 2010

Energy Blast – Sept 2, 2010

Gazprom is poised to sign a deal with Azerbaijan to increase its gas imports to ‘as much as Azerbaijan is ready to deliver‘ during President Medvedev’s visit.  Amid plans to ‘double in size‘ and find foreign part...
September 2, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Sept 2, 2010

Aeroflot is seeking $3.67 million in compensation from the Moscow city government for the traffic jams that blocked the way to Sheremetyevo Airport in June.  A spokesperson for Mayor Yury Luzhkov called the lawsuit ‘the work of a truly ...
September 2, 2010

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

TODAY: Moscow Governor corrals pro-Khimki highway residents; activists’ website under attack; lawyer launches campaign for imprisoned mother of four; US comments on Strategy 31 arrests; Medvedev in Azerbajan; Lukashenko blames Moscow for emb...
September 1, 2010

Grigory Pasko: The Joys of Living Next to an Oil Refinery

Sergey Kochkin from Orenburg writes: “Hello Grigory! I ask you to help. The essence of the problem is in the following: around our village of Kubanka of Perevolotsky rayon of Orenburg oblast are found many wells of the Orenburgneft company, ...
September 1, 2010

Kommersant Interview a Game for Putin

A Good Treaty has summarized an interesting exchange on Echo Moskvy featuring the polittechnologists Gleb Pavlovsky and Marat Gelman, discussing Vladimir Putin’s most recent macho, potty-talk interview with Andrey Kolesnikov of Kommersant (i...
September 1, 2010

Smoke ’em if you got ’em

At this point, I think it’s safe to say that Alexei Kudrin is just taking the piss. “People should understand: Those who drink, those who smoke are doing more to help the state,” Kudrin said, as quoted by the Interfax news agency...
September 1, 2010

Adagamov vs. Schlegel

Der Spiegel has an article today profiling two important players in the Russian blogosphere – Rustem Adagamov (Drugoi) and Robert Schlegel of the Nashi, and how they are squaring off in the struggle over web censorship.  It seems hard t...
September 1, 2010

Energy Blast – Sept 1, 2010

Rosneft’s CEO, rumored to be stepping down, says he will leave the company ‘under no circumstances‘.  Eurasia Drilling is anticipating an increase in drilling volumes this year, amid a general rise in drilling across Russia ...
September 1, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Sept 1, 2010

Although he remains reluctant to mediate in its owners’ dispute which is apparently showing ‘some movement forward‘, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drew Norilsk Nickel’s shareholders’ attention to the fact that the com...
September 1, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 1, 2010

TODAY: Dozens of Strategy 31 protesters detained in Moscow; EU officials criticize handling of rally; middle classes not interested in investigative reporting, says journalist; FSB declares leaders’ incomes; Latynina blames Communists for ba...