Month: February 2011

February 9, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 9, 2011

ConocoPhilips has ended its seven-year involvement in Russia, selling its remaining Lukoil stake (which the firm will buy back) as part of a drive ‘to improve shareholder returns‘.  Shell has set its sights on expanding RussiaR...
February 9, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 9, 2011

Nomos Bank has just become Russia’s second-largest private lender.  International pharmaceuticals operating in Russia are calling for more dialogue with the government to ensure ‘more predictability‘ in the market.  The...
February 9, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 9, 2011

Nomos Bank has just become Russia’s second-largest private lender.  International pharmaceuticals operating in Russia are calling for more dialogue with the government to ensure ‘more predictability‘ in the market.  The...
February 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 9, 2011

TODAY: Transport official sacked; tensions over run-up to and fall-out from Domodedovo attack; Lithuania concerned about Russian warheads; Lavrov wants Japanese protesters prosecuted; Navalny to be investigated; Yabloko activists detained. Medvede...
February 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 9, 2011

TODAY: Transport official sacked; tensions over run-up to and fall-out from Domodedovo attack; Lithuania concerned about Russian warheads; Lavrov wants Japanese protesters prosecuted; Navalny to be investigated; Yabloko activists detained. Medvede...
February 8, 2011

Russia Finds an Excuse for the Expulsion of Luke Harding

It can be quite exhausting to keep on pretending to take this government seriously when they say things like this. From the Washington Post: The Foreign Ministry said that although Harding received a visa extension through May in November, he left...
February 8, 2011

Russia Finds an Excuse for the Expulsion of Luke Harding

It can be quite exhausting to keep on pretending to take this government seriously when they say things like this. From the Washington Post: The Foreign Ministry said that although Harding received a visa extension through May in November, he left...
February 8, 2011

The Vanishing Documentary

The story of the mysterious break-in and robbery at flimmaker Cyril Tuschi’s Berlin studios this past weekend is one of the more remarkable and perplexing items of intrigue out of Russia this year – and that’s not a short list. T...
February 8, 2011

Boris Nemtsov vs. the BBC

Boris Nemtsov appeared on the BBC’s HardTalk last night, delivering a scathing rebuttal to presenter Stephen Sackur’s insistence that Nemtsov’s call for sanctions against Russian leaders was improbable. In his defense, ...
February 8, 2011

Boris Nemtsov vs. the BBC

Boris Nemtsov appeared on the BBC’s HardTalk last night, delivering a scathing rebuttal to presenter Stephen Sackur’s insistence that Nemtsov’s call for sanctions against Russian leaders was improbable. In his defense, ...