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March 6, 2012

Energy Blast – March 6, 2012

Poland’s energy regulator, URE, will approve PGNiG’s new gas tariff by next week, ending a prolonged dispute.  Germany’s RWE has posted a $1.06 billion loss for 2011, blaming weak business performance and the costs of phasing out nuclear power; Re...
March 6, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 6, 2012

The stock market rallied in immediate response to Vladimir Putin’s election win, but the general reaction to the news is cautious, with analysts waiting ‘to see what the opposition is going to do’ and ‘what the leadership’s response to the opposit...
March 6, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 6, 2012

The stock market rallied in immediate response to Vladimir Putin’s election win, but the general reaction to the news is cautious, with analysts waiting ‘to see what the opposition is going to do’ and ‘what the leadership’s response to the opposit...
March 6, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 6, 2012

TODAY: 20,000 gather in Moscow to protest election results, hundreds detained as further rally is planned; international reactions; more allegations of voting fraud; Peskov says Putin’s tears caused by wind; activist group Femen sentenced. Katya Z...
March 5, 2012

Tethers and Their Ends

From The Independent: “For eight years we had Putin, then we had Medvedev, and now Putin again. Who after that: Medvedev?” asks Alexander Yurov in a third-class car where barracks-like bunks crowd both sides of a narrow walkway. “...
March 5, 2012

Tethers and Their Ends

From The Independent: “For eight years we had Putin, then we had Medvedev, and now Putin again. Who after that: Medvedev?” asks Alexander Yurov in a third-class car where barracks-like bunks crowd both sides of a narrow walkway. “...
March 5, 2012

Polling Station Webcams: Better Than TV

Vladimir Putin’s brainchild of installing hundreds of thousands of webcams in polling stations across the country may not have stopped voting fraud, but the move did provide a fascinating insight into Russian life, says Luke Harding.  The Mo...
March 5, 2012

Energy Blast – March 5, 2012

Gas has begun flowing to China from Lukoil’s Uzbek reserves: the company ‘has succeeded where Gazprom failed’.  Their pricing dispute has been resolved, but PetroChina says it has no plans to buy extra Russian crude via the Russia-China pipeline. ...
March 5, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 5, 2012

Vladimir Putin’s victory led Russian stocks to a seven-month high, although concerns over the outcome of impending protests are keeping the ruble in check.  Putin swears that the privatization of state assets will be fairer than those carried out ...
March 5, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 5, 2012

TODAY: OSCE condemns election result; Putin delivers victory speech to ‘tens of thousands’ after claiming 64% win; opposition plan this evening’s protest; widespread allegations of voting fraud; Medvedev calls for investigation into legality of Kh...