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May 15, 2012

Energy Blast – May 15, 2012

Polish gas monopoly PGNiG posted a 70% drop in first-quarter net profits, largely due to the increased costs of importing from Russia.  Russia’s acting Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin proposed that power grid firm MRSK merge with the Federal Gri...
May 15, 2012

Energy Blast – May 15, 2012

Polish gas monopoly PGNiG posted a 70% drop in first-quarter net profits, largely due to the increased costs of importing from Russia.  Russia’s acting Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin proposed that power grid firm MRSK merge with the Federal Gri...
May 15, 2012

Today in Russian Business – May 15, 2012

Half of all registered violations of anti-monopoly laws can be blamed on officials, according to the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service.  Capital flight levels for April are estimated at $8 billion – ‘much more severe than we expected’.  Russia r...
May 15, 2012

Today in Russian Business – May 15, 2012

Half of all registered violations of anti-monopoly laws can be blamed on officials, according to the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service.  Capital flight levels for April are estimated at $8 billion – ‘much more severe than we expected’.  Russia r...
May 15, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 15, 2012

TODAY: Soyuz spaceship finally blasts off; Chistiye Prudy camp still intact; eco camp in Tsagovsky forest cleared; Russian officials lash out at West on rights; A Just Russia expels pro-Medvedev members; Shuvalov seeking power in new cabinet; Obam...
May 15, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 15, 2012

TODAY: Soyuz spaceship finally blasts off; Chistiye Prudy camp still intact; eco camp in Tsagovsky forest cleared; Russian officials lash out at West on rights; A Just Russia expels pro-Medvedev members; Shuvalov seeking power in new cabinet; Obam...
May 14, 2012

Word Up! Moscow’s Writers Rally

Proving the adaptability of the protest movement, yesterday saw a more genteel incarnation of anti-Putin action take place in Moscow.  It has been noted that since the tumult of May 6, protestors have had to diversify their ways of making their op...
May 14, 2012

Word Up! Moscow’s Writers Rally

Proving the adaptability of the protest movement, yesterday saw a more genteel incarnation of anti-Putin action take place in Moscow.  It has been noted that since the tumult of May 6, protestors have had to diversify their ways of making their op...
May 14, 2012

Today in Russian Business – May 14, 2012

Acting Health Minister Tatyana Golikova is tipped to become the new finance minister, Bloomberg reports.  It has been reported that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin could take defense tenders under personal control in a measure to facilitate t...
May 14, 2012

Today in Russian Business – May 14, 2012

Acting Health Minister Tatyana Golikova is tipped to become the new finance minister, Bloomberg reports.  It has been reported that Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin could take defense tenders under personal control in a measure to facilitate t...