Month: May 2011

May 20, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 20, 2011

Vladimir Putin is in Minsk today to discuss the details of a potential loan to the financially insolvent Lukaschenka regime.  Alexei Kudrin is apparently keeping the state’s hopes dangling, by failing to confirm that the loan will go th...
May 20, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 20, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev’s star wanes after press conference; Nashi victim of hacker Charlie Sheen prank; rare military whistleblower speaks out; gay rights rally deemed disturbing to children.  Shoot out in South Ossetia;  Israeli espionag...
May 20, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 20, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev’s star wanes after press conference; Nashi victim of hacker Charlie Sheen prank; rare military whistleblower speaks out; gay rights rally deemed disturbing to children.  Shoot out in South Ossetia;  Israeli espionag...
May 19, 2011

The Implications of Mironov’s Departure

One of the stranger parentheses in President Medevev’s ‘disappointing’ press conference yesterday was his sudden announcement that Sergei Mironov, the head of the Federation Council and founder of pro-Kremlin opposition party a J...
May 19, 2011

BP’s Trouble And Strife In Russia

From the plethora of commentaries on the collapse of the BP-Rosneft deal, there’s an edifying piece from the Oil and the Glory which adumbrates the events leading up to the deal’s, and its ultimate failure: The details were tantalizing...
May 19, 2011

Energy Blast – May 19, 2011

‘Those who prepared the deal should have paid closer attention to the nuances of the shareholder agreement’: President Medvedev gave a verbal knuckle rap to Igor Sechin over the failure of the BP-Rosneft deal at his press conference.&n...
May 19, 2011

Energy Blast – May 19, 2011

‘Those who prepared the deal should have paid closer attention to the nuances of the shareholder agreement’: President Medvedev gave a verbal knuckle rap to Igor Sechin over the failure of the BP-Rosneft deal at his press conference.&n...
May 19, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 19, 2011

Financial analysts have their say about who will return to the presidency in 2012 on Bloomberg.  The Belarusan ruble has reportedly fallen 15% to a record low against the dollar on the interbank market.  As Russia pre...
May 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 19, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev’s press conference deemed damp squib; election intrigue remains; Putin upstages tandem partner with hunting recommendations.  Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov dismissed.  Rospil logo raises ire of authoriti...
May 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 19, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev’s press conference deemed damp squib; election intrigue remains; Putin upstages tandem partner with hunting recommendations.  Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov dismissed.  Rospil logo raises ire of authoriti...