Archive

February 23, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 23, 2012

The IAEA’s latest mission to Iran has failed to reap the desired results, after inspectors were denied access to the Parchin military base during two days of meetings.  According to Ria-Novosti, Russia has accused neighbor Ukraine of illegal...
February 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 23, 2012

Russia’s top search engine, Yandex, has announced it has made a deal with Twitter which will allow it to show the full feed of all public posts from the popular micro-blogging site, which reaches up to 250 million a day.  Yandex apparently expects...
February 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 23, 2012

Russia’s top search engine, Yandex, has announced it has made a deal with Twitter which will allow it to show the full feed of all public posts from the popular micro-blogging site, which reaches up to 250 million a day.  Yandex apparently expects...
February 23, 2012

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 23, 2012

TODAY: Defenders of the Fatherland day heralds pro-Putin rallies; weekend’s opposition protest organizers claim website hacked; Putin’s ‘dirty’ election campaign; church decries Pussy Riot appearance. Kaliningrad airbases t...
February 22, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 22, 2012

A trader at TNK-BP says that Russia will soon have so much spare export pipeline capacity that it will be able to switch a fifth of its output between customers in Asia and Europe to take advantage of the best prices. The company is planning to in...
February 22, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 22, 2012

A trader at TNK-BP says that Russia will soon have so much spare export pipeline capacity that it will be able to switch a fifth of its output between customers in Asia and Europe to take advantage of the best prices. The company is planning to in...
February 22, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 22, 2012

What will come of Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to tax ‘prestigious consumption’?  The Prime Minister’s campaign pledges look set to raise government spending by $161 billion through to 2018.  Yandex has signed a deal with Twitter which will grant i...
February 22, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 22, 2012

What will come of Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to tax ‘prestigious consumption’?  The Prime Minister’s campaign pledges look set to raise government spending by $161 billion through to 2018.  Yandex has signed a deal with Twitter which will grant i...
February 21, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 21, 2012

Scientific studies indicate that the Russian heatwave last summer was made three times more likely due to the effects of climate change.  PGNiG has filed a lawsuit against Gazprom over the price of gas in its long-term supply contract.  As the Rus...
February 21, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 21, 2012

Scientific studies indicate that the Russian heatwave last summer was made three times more likely due to the effects of climate change.  PGNiG has filed a lawsuit against Gazprom over the price of gas in its long-term supply contract.  As the Rus...