Month: February 2011

February 3, 2011

Bullying Businesses

Today it was reported by the Moscow Times that Prime Minister Putin has urged the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to amend the law which regulates foreign investment into 43 strategic sectors.  It would seem he hopes that the result will be a m...
February 3, 2011

Bullying Businesses

Today it was reported by the Moscow Times that Prime Minister Putin has urged the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to amend the law which regulates foreign investment into 43 strategic sectors.  It would seem he hopes that the result will be a m...
February 3, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 3, 2011

Reuters reports that Rosneft Chief Financial Officer Peter O’Brien has flatly rejected the possibility of working with TNK-BP as a way of avoiding the legal battle which has ensued between the British major and its AAR partners over the BP-R...
February 3, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 3, 2011

Reuters reports that Rosneft Chief Financial Officer Peter O’Brien has flatly rejected the possibility of working with TNK-BP as a way of avoiding the legal battle which has ensued between the British major and its AAR partners over the BP-R...
February 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 3, 2011

According to the New York Times, Russia’s financial watchdog has unearthed almost $8 billion of financial violations by Moscow authorities under the leadership of fallen mayor Yuri Luzhkov.  Masked policemen have raided Deutsche Bank...
February 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 3, 2011

According to the New York Times, Russia’s financial watchdog has unearthed almost $8 billion of financial violations by Moscow authorities under the leadership of fallen mayor Yuri Luzhkov.  Masked policemen have raided Deutsche Bank...
February 3, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 3, 2011

TODAY: 2010 saw harassment of activists up by 50%, says new survey; expert panel to consider Khodorkovsky trial; Medvedev defends trial by jury; Gennady Timchenko wins case against Nemtsov; United Russia falling out of favor?  Luzhkov vows he...
February 2, 2011

Reality of TV in Russia

Many thanks to RFE/RL’s Transmission for picking up on the diary of TV producer Peter Pomerantsev, a witty but disquieting insight into the inner workings of the television industry in Russia, including glimpses into the perils of entreprene...
February 2, 2011

Tough Man Talks Tigers with Naomi Campbell

The pictures normally do most of the talking for Vladimir Putin’s action man alter ego.  We’ve all seen samples from Putin’s repertoire of sporting poses: judo thwacking, tiger trapping, polar bear stunning are among his sig...
February 2, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 2, 2011

The AAR consortium has reportedly won its desired British court order to block BP’s proposed joint venture with state-run company Rosneft.  A spokesman from the latter has declared that the injunction ‘should not derail the deal&#...