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March 27, 2012

Energy Blast – March 27, 2012

The Telegraph reports that an exclusion zone has been established around Total’s leaking Elgin Franklin oil and gas platform in the North Sea and 85 workers have been evacuated from a rig nearby by Shell.  Gazprom International, the global s...
March 27, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 27, 2012

Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has warned that should the price of oil drop, Russia faces having its debt rating cut.  French food giant Danone apparently plans to invest around $700 million in Russia over the next five to seven years in...
March 26, 2012

Farewell Reset?

One may have the feeling that the content of Medvedev’s presidency was writ in water.  One of the slightly more concrete elements of his tenure, however, remains his overseeing of the ‘reset’ with the US.  For President Barack Ob...
March 26, 2012

Farewell Reset?

One may have the feeling that the content of Medvedev’s presidency was writ in water.  One of the slightly more concrete elements of his tenure, however, remains his overseeing of the ‘reset’ with the US.  For President Barack Ob...
March 26, 2012

Today in Russian Business- March 26, 2012

Kremlin economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich does not believe that the implementation of Vladimir Putin’s pre-election pledges will put a strain on the budget, despite forecasts which suggest they could cost up to 5% of GDP.  President Medvede...
March 26, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 26, 2012

TODAY: Opposition Rally in St Petersburg draws thousands, ends in detentions; Kremlin critics present new strategy in Moscow.  Will Putin show mercy for Russia’s political prisoners? Patriarch Kirill wades in on Pussy Riot; police brutality ...
March 23, 2012

Energy Blast – March 23, 2012

If Gazprom’s proposed price hikes are approved, its average wholesale price could rise to $135 per cubic meters before VAT, a move that energy sector representatives are worried about.  Gazprom’s Shtokman Development project has still not won the ...
March 23, 2012

Energy Blast – March 23, 2012

If Gazprom’s proposed price hikes are approved, its average wholesale price could rise to $135 per cubic meters before VAT, a move that energy sector representatives are worried about.  Gazprom’s Shtokman Development project has still not won the ...
March 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 23, 2012

Presidential Economic Aide Arkady Dvorkovich says that the Kremlin will return to its pre-crisis practice of saving oil revenues in stability funds.  Russia’s move to enable its locally issued treasury bonds (OFZs) to be settled through internatio...
March 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 23, 2012

Presidential Economic Aide Arkady Dvorkovich says that the Kremlin will return to its pre-crisis practice of saving oil revenues in stability funds.  Russia’s move to enable its locally issued treasury bonds (OFZs) to be settled through internatio...