Month: May 2011

May 5, 2011

Energy Blast – May 5, 2011

Domestic fuel supplies have stabilized, after shortages in regional areas caused the government to halt exports – some blame the original shortage on Putin’s February call to cut prices.  Novatek was apparently the only company to...
May 5, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 5, 2011

On the troubles surrounding Russia’s planned purchased of French Mistral ships.  The head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee discusses the difficulty of rooting out corruption, and says that ‘the truth about who are the cou...
May 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 5, 2011

TODAY: Ella Pamfilova interview; trial looms for music critic; Medvedev signs off bribery punishment bill and approves rule of law policy; Khimki defenders beaten; Romania to host U.S. missile defense site; wood bison, former Miss Russia jailed. R...
May 4, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 4, 2011

As Russian companies aspiring to go public and raise funds on major Western exchanges, the lawyers drafting their IPOs often offer fascinating glimpses of what Western consultants really think about Russian investment climate and Russian legal sys...
May 4, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 4, 2011

As Russian companies aspiring to go public and raise funds on major Western exchanges, the lawyers drafting their IPOs often offer fascinating glimpses of what Western consultants really think about Russian investment climate and Russian legal sys...
May 4, 2011

Energy Blast – May 4, 2011

TNK-BP’s first-quarter earnings showed a 91% gain – ‘an insight into why the tycoons refused a $27 billion offer from BP‘.  Winsway Coking, a Chinese coal importer, has agreed to buy a Russian coal deposit fo...
May 4, 2011

Energy Blast – May 4, 2011

TNK-BP’s first-quarter earnings showed a 91% gain – ‘an insight into why the tycoons refused a $27 billion offer from BP‘.  Winsway Coking, a Chinese coal importer, has agreed to buy a Russian coal deposit fo...
May 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 4, 2011

Ahead of its NASDAQ IPO, Internet search engine Yandex is issuing warnings regarding possible takeovers by oligarchs and the potentially negative effects of any state presence on the company’s board. ‘High-profile businesses in Ru...
May 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 4, 2011

Ahead of its NASDAQ IPO, Internet search engine Yandex is issuing warnings regarding possible takeovers by oligarchs and the potentially negative effects of any state presence on the company’s board. ‘High-profile businesses in Ru...
May 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 4, 2011

TODAY: European court orders rules that Sutyagin was detained for too long; former spy Poteyev charged with high treason; investigator calls for new Hermitage arrest; media head disputes Freedom House findings; Latynina on Domodedovo; Moscow wants...