Month: February 2011

February 17, 2011

Vimpelcom Heading West

An interview a couple of days ago in the Wall Street Journal saw Vimpelcom’s Chief Executive Officer Alexander Izosimov express confidence about the company’s foreign acquisition plans which have eroded the company’s share of the...
February 17, 2011

Vimpelcom Heading West

An interview a couple of days ago in the Wall Street Journal saw Vimpelcom’s Chief Executive Officer Alexander Izosimov express confidence about the company’s foreign acquisition plans which have eroded the company’s share of the...
February 17, 2011

Kerimov’s VTB Acquisition and the Raiding of Yelena Baturina

Should it come at any surprise that Russia’s most wealthy woman, Yelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, should wake up to the news today that the offices of her company Inteko were being raided by dozens of machine-gu...
February 17, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 17, 2011

President Medvedev’s two-day trip to Rome has yielded agreements with Italy in the energy sphere, principally that of Gazprom acquiring 33% of Italian gas company Eni’s shares in Libya’s Elephant oil and gas production field proj...
February 17, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 17, 2011

President Medvedev’s two-day trip to Rome has yielded agreements with Italy in the energy sphere, principally that of Gazprom acquiring 33% of Italian gas company Eni’s shares in Libya’s Elephant oil and gas production field proj...
February 17, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 17, 2011

According to Reuters, Boston Consulting Group has good news for the Russian car market, but is Russia being overoptimistic when it claims that its automotive industry is ‘back on track‘?  The chairman of Barclay’s (whose Rus...
February 17, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 17, 2011

According to Reuters, Boston Consulting Group has good news for the Russian car market, but is Russia being overoptimistic when it claims that its automotive industry is ‘back on track‘?  The chairman of Barclay’s (whose Rus...
February 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 17, 2011

TODAY: Guardian reporter refused visa extension; Khodorkovsky whistleblower motives considered;  Sobyanin says no to gay marches; Putin chastises customs officials over rap video; nationalist movement to be banned?  Russia-Italy cooperat...
February 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 17, 2011

TODAY: Guardian reporter refused visa extension; Khodorkovsky whistleblower motives considered;  Sobyanin says no to gay marches; Putin chastises customs officials over rap video; nationalist movement to be banned?  Russia-Italy cooperat...
February 16, 2011

Barclay’s Backing out of Russia

Today Barclay’s Bank announced its decision to withdraw from the Russian retail banking sector; an announcement precipitated, it would seem, by write downs of nearly $400 million, which are prompting commentators to compare it to US financie...