Vladimir Ashurkov speaks out about his support of Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Fund: ‘Our strategy has been to gather a critical mass of supporters who would not be afraid to say, ‘Yes, I have supported this foundation’. But of cou...
TODAY: Clinton to hold Russia accountable in event of Syrian civil war; many arrests at Strategy 31 rally; Olga Romanova interview; Putin in Belarus; United Russia to create ‘party school’; railway smoking ban, colonel convicted of spying, opposit...
Russia’s Finance Ministry is reviewing plans to increase mineral extraction tax on gas, with the possibility that Gazprom may end up paying a higher tax rate than its independent peers. Lukoil is considering a $2-3 billion share buyback; Rosneft ...
Sberbank has criticised as ‘incomprehensible’ a bank card designed to finance Alexei Navalny’s activities by channeling 1% of all transactions to his Anti-Corruption Fund. Navalny has revealed the identities of literary and business figures ̵...
Sberbank has criticised as ‘incomprehensible’ a bank card designed to finance Alexei Navalny’s activities by channeling 1% of all transactions to his Anti-Corruption Fund. Navalny has revealed the identities of literary and business figures ̵...
TODAY: Russia says Syrian intervention would be premature; Duma’s idea of direct mayoral elections is not what voters want; Putin to snub London Olympics; activist jailed for spitting on Putin picture; Moscow unimpressed by McFaul; Barents Sea Cra...
A few days ago, there were some analysts who saw a slight modification in Russia’s stance on its ally Syria when Moscow decided to support the UN resolution condemning the Houla massacre. Those who are looking to see more cooperation from t...
In a rare sign of dissent, deputies from United Russia have reportedly refused to support a taxation bill proposed by the Finance Ministry. Russian social network VKontakte has announced it will put off its IPO in light of the Facebook float deba...
Yesterday’s big news was the shock departure of oligarch Mikhail Fridman from the board of joint venture TNK-BP. The partnership has been on the rocks for some time, principally due to the AAR consortium’s decision to block BP’s...
In popular culture the year 2012 is charged with impending apocalypse, largely thanks to its apocryphal significance in the Mayan calendar. Could this be the year that sees Putinism lurch towards a grizzly end? A new report today from the Moscow...
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