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January 31, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 31, 2012

A decline in Iranian steel imports, the result of international sanctions, could affect the profits of Russian steelmakers, with Magnitogorsk and Evraz likely to lose the most.  The $10 billion Russia Direct Investment Fund has pledged its first f...
January 31, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 31, 2012

TODAY: World powers urge Russia not to block Syria measures; Syria denies Russian claim that it has agreed to talks; opposition leaders on state television; Golos says Putin is main violator of electoral process; teachers ordered to march for Puti...
January 30, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 30, 2012

As part of his election platform, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling for Russia to diversify its economy away from oil and gas, acknowledging that dependence on oil revenue is ruinous for stability.  India is searching for ways of paying for...
January 30, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 30, 2012

As part of his election platform, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling for Russia to diversify its economy away from oil and gas, acknowledging that dependence on oil revenue is ruinous for stability.  India is searching for ways of paying for...
January 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 30, 2012

Vladimir Putin is calling for a 10-year program to increase investment in science and technology research, and says that the ‘ideology’ of state control over businesses should be restricted.  Lawmakers do not want the Customs Union to lift a ban o...
January 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 30, 2012

Vladimir Putin is calling for a 10-year program to increase investment in science and technology research, and says that the ‘ideology’ of state control over businesses should be restricted.  Lawmakers do not want the Customs Union to lift a ban o...
January 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 30, 2012

TODAY: Sunday motorists protest the Kremlin, Putin supporters gather on Saturday; Duma backs off on Churov; Yabloko says newspaper office attacked, files lawsuit over Yavlinsky bid; doctor charged over Trifonova death; Agora’s 850 counts of activi...
January 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 30, 2012

TODAY: Sunday motorists protest the Kremlin, Putin supporters gather on Saturday; Duma backs off on Churov; Yabloko says newspaper office attacked, files lawsuit over Yavlinsky bid; doctor charged over Trifonova death; Agora’s 850 counts of activi...
January 27, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 27, 2012

Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller has told German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung that Russia could respond with legal action to EU regulation which would increase the involvement of a third party in shipping gas to Europe through Russian pipes...
January 27, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 27, 2012

From the World Economic Forum in Davos, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov considers the most complicated issues facing Russia’s economy.  The FT’s Gideon Rachman suggests that Shuvalov failed to convince assembled investors tha...