Month: November 2010

November 24, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 24, 2010

An agreement on the pricing of natural gas supplies between Russia and China is unlikely to be reached until next year, according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who sought to assure reporters that the talks were proceeding ‘successfully&#...
November 24, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Nov 24, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev is predicting a disaster for Russian public utilities which have ‘outlived their service life‘, and is calling for a modernization of infrastructure.  Russia’s poultry import quota is to be halved n...
November 24, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 24, 2010

TODAY: Lavrov warns of Korean peninsula’s ‘colossal danger’; motion to block Magnitsky officials to go to EU Parliament for vote; Nabiullina hopeful on WTO bid; Georgia wants reconciliation; Russia and Serbia, Russia and Belarus;...
November 23, 2010

Russia’s War on Human Rights?

What did Liu Xiaobo ever do to Moscow?  Apparently the Nobel Prize-winning Chinese dissident has somehow offended the leadership residing in the Kremlin, as Russia has made a show out of its refusal to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony, revivin...
November 23, 2010

Putin’s Illegal Flight

The Moscow News has summarized a recent blog posting by Alexei Navalny which has everybody buzzing.  Did Vladimir Putin pull his stunt flight to put out the wildfires without a pilot’s license?  Or did the actual plane never take o...
November 23, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 23, 2010

China and Russia are signing agreements to expand cooperation in oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power, as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Russia’s leaders this week.  Here’s an early report on the first day of bilateral energy talks...
November 23, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Nov 23, 2010

As part of China’s plan to make its currency more widely convertible, two major Chinese banks have started trading the ruble for the first time. One analyst says: ‘China is the flavor of the month.  Most people think it represents...
November 23, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 23, 2010

TODAY: Medvedev in online session with citizens; Russia and US to consult on North Korean nuclear program; Nemtsov attacked on return to Moscow; Russia Today reporters arrested in US; Pamfilova to receive state honors; Kremlin stamps out Zorkin...
November 22, 2010

Grigory Pasko: A Complicated Award for a Russian Journalist

On Nov. 17, the Russian journalist and television producer Manana Aslamazyan was awarded the TEFI Prize «For personal contribution to the development of Russian television». The ceremony took place in Moscow on the exhibition grounds of the the Al...