Month: February 2011

February 15, 2011

Should Britain Reset Relations With Russia?

A somewhat heterdox argument today from Mary Dejevsky in the Independent, who has taken Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Westminster, as well as the events in Egypt as the chance to reflect upon the past twenty years of Russia-Brita...
February 15, 2011

Court Aide Braves Authorities on Khodorkovsky

Today a dramatic new twist in the Khodorkovsky trial emerged.  Natalya Vasilyeva, a disillusioned court aide to judge Viktor Danilkin, who recently handed down a 14-year sentence to the Yukos founder and business and partner Platon Lebedev, h...
February 15, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 15, 2011

Ria-Novosti reports that an indigenous group living in Russia’s northern region of Yakutia has mounted a campaign against the building of a Siberian gas pipeline, to be constructed near an Evenk settlement, which they say will destroy habita...
February 15, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 15, 2011

Ria-Novosti reports that an indigenous group living in Russia’s northern region of Yakutia has mounted a campaign against the building of a Siberian gas pipeline, to be constructed near an Evenk settlement, which they say will destroy habita...
February 15, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 15, 2011

New documents obtained by newspaper Novaya Gazeta have apparently confirmed that Vladimir Kozhin, chief of the Office for Presidential Affairs, approved construction of a $1 billion Black Sea palace rumored to be a residence for Prime Mi...
February 15, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 15, 2011

TODAY: Khodorkovsky verdict rigged says judge’s assistant; Guardian seeks clarification on Harding’s status; defamation suit against Putin thrown out of court. Russia-Britain relations under scrutiny as Lavrov prepares to meet Hague; K...
February 14, 2011

VTB Kick Starts Privatization Drive

Last week saw a decided suspicion fall upon Russian listings, with a handful of aborted IPOS: from NordGold, KOKs and ChelPipe, all due to ‘market conditions’.  This morning however, the news that Russia sold a minority stake in i...
February 14, 2011

Russia’s Billionaires Back in Business

Finans Magazine has today published its annual survey of Russia’s richest people, which has seen the number of billionaires return to pre-crisis levels.  NLMK owner Vladimir Lisin and Mikhail Prokhorov of Onexim have maintained their st...
February 14, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 14, 2011

Russian joint venture TNK-BP is apparently contemplating an offer regarding the British oil firm’s deal with state-run Rosneft, but retracted an accompanying comment that suggested it had been invited to join.  Pleasing news for the AAR...
February 14, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 14, 2011

Russian joint venture TNK-BP is apparently contemplating an offer regarding the British oil firm’s deal with state-run Rosneft, but retracted an accompanying comment that suggested it had been invited to join.  Pleasing news for the AAR...