Month: February 2011

February 2, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 2, 2011

Cisco CEO John Chambers, whose company has just allotted $1 billion in investment to Skolkovo, tells BeyondBrics that, despite the manifest ‘challenges’, he has a positive outlook on investing in Russia, comparing investment conditions...
February 2, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 2, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev announces expansion of human rights committee at tribute to Yeltsin; a dozen victims of 1999 apartment bombing remain unidentified; Domodedovo death toll rises to 36; judge in Markelov case withdraws.  Ireland in diplomatic di...
February 2, 2011

Praising Yeltsin

Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Boris Yeltsin, a day marked by President Medvedev unveiling a statue of the man who oversaw the transition to democracy against the resource feeding frenzy of the 1990, in his home town of Yekaterinbur...
February 2, 2011

Praising Yeltsin

Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of Boris Yeltsin, a day marked by President Medvedev unveiling a statue of the man who oversaw the transition to democracy against the resource feeding frenzy of the 1990, in his home town of Yekaterinbur...
February 1, 2011

Digging for Dirt at TNK-BP

Oh what mischief they get up to at TNK-BP.  Today’s Wikileaks scoop from the Telegraph reveals a whole world of junta-caressing, complot-spinning, Godfather-watching madness in the saga that sent Bob Dudley out of Russia in 2008, after ...
February 1, 2011

Opposition Looks to Egypt

At yesterday’s Strategy 31 rallies, stalwart democracy activist Boris Nemtsov was apparently quick to draw inspiration from the example of Egypt’s mass protests, a tsunami of popular discontent against Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rul...
February 1, 2011

Opposition Looks to Egypt

At yesterday’s Strategy 31 rallies, stalwart democracy activist Boris Nemtsov was apparently quick to draw inspiration from the example of Egypt’s mass protests, a tsunami of popular discontent against Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rul...
February 1, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 1, 2011

According to the Telegraph, at yesterday’s closing, brent crude had risen above $100 a barrel for the first time in 28 months on mounting concerns that the political situation in Egypt could jeopoardize oil shipments through the Suez Canal.&...
February 1, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 1, 2011

According to the Telegraph, at yesterday’s closing, brent crude had risen above $100 a barrel for the first time in 28 months on mounting concerns that the political situation in Egypt could jeopoardize oil shipments through the Suez Canal.&...
February 1, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 1, 2011

According to official estimates, Russia’s GDP in 2010 grew by 4% from 2009, slightly outperforming forecasts.   President Medvedev has apparently criticized state corporations for being dilatory in adopting new technological processes a...