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April 30, 2012

Energy Blast – April 30, 2012

Russia’s number two crude producer LUKoil apparently believes it can develop Iraq’s West Qurna-2 oilfield without partners.  Russia and Iran are complicit in helping Syria avoid the impact of Western sanctions with fuel supplies, which...
April 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – April 30, 2012

Following meetings between Chinese Vice Prime Minister Li Kequiang and Prime Minister Putin, it has been reported that Russian and Chinese delegations have signed 27 contracts worth around $15 billion.   Tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element...
April 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – April 30, 2012

Following meetings between Chinese Vice Prime Minister Li Kequiang and Prime Minister Putin, it has been reported that Russian and Chinese delegations have signed 27 contracts worth around $15 billion.   Tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element...
April 27, 2012

Putin Draws The Line At Dry Cleaning

Earlier this week, the Guardian’s Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder wrote about her personal frustration with Russian bureaucracy.  She clearly hit a raw nerve when she dared to criticize the country’s dry cleaning establishments, beca...
April 27, 2012

Putin Draws The Line At Dry Cleaning

Earlier this week, the Guardian’s Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder wrote about her personal frustration with Russian bureaucracy.  She clearly hit a raw nerve when she dared to criticize the country’s dry cleaning establishments, beca...
April 27, 2012

Today in Russian Business – April 27, 2012

The Economic Development Ministry has announced that it expects the country’s economy to grow 3.4% this year.  Goldman Sachs believes that Russia must move to curb inflation and overhaul its financial markets if it wishes to compete with fellow em...
April 26, 2012

Party Over For Power Vertical?

Brian Whitmore has, with habitual insight, given his take on the significance of Putin’s abandonment of United Russia here on RFE/RL.  He sees Putin’s departure as part of a wider trend, currently underway, in which other political par...
April 26, 2012

Today in Russian Business – April 26, 2012

According to Bloomberg, investors still believe that political instability and the possibility of protests are a factor when considering Russian risk.  Why Putin’s luxury tax is unlikely to redress the imbalance between rich and poor in any ...
April 25, 2012

Moscow’s Sex Laws

The St Petersburg anti-homosexual propaganda law has raised a global storm of controversy, unsurprisingly, given that it effectively legalizes homophobia in a country where sexual minorities are already uniformly harassed by the state and frequent...
April 25, 2012

Moscow’s Sex Laws

The St Petersburg anti-homosexual propaganda law has raised a global storm of controversy, unsurprisingly, given that it effectively legalizes homophobia in a country where sexual minorities are already uniformly harassed by the state and frequent...