Archive

January 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 23, 2012

Rosoboronexport has reportedly signed a $550 million contract with Syria for the delivery of 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainers.  Ponzi schemes like Sergei Mavrodi’s MMM-2011 are legal in Russia.  The Finance Minister wants legal restricti...
January 23, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 23, 2012

Rosoboronexport has reportedly signed a $550 million contract with Syria for the delivery of 36 Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainers.  Ponzi schemes like Sergei Mavrodi’s MMM-2011 are legal in Russia.  The Finance Minister wants legal restricti...
January 23, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 23, 2012

TODAY: Presidential candidates’ bids under question; Human Rights Watch and PACE delegation attack Russian politics; Russia supplying Syria with arms; Putin mistrusts opposition, says Kudrin; Feb 4 protest registration denied; voting webcams insta...
January 23, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 23, 2012

TODAY: Presidential candidates’ bids under question; Human Rights Watch and PACE delegation attack Russian politics; Russia supplying Syria with arms; Putin mistrusts opposition, says Kudrin; Feb 4 protest registration denied; voting webcams insta...
January 20, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 20, 2012

Bloomberg reports on the next generation of U.S. nuclear power.  Transneft is heading for its highest gains since 2007, in advance of revealing its 10-year-plan later this month.  EuroChem has purchased Siberian gas producer Severneft-Urengoy for ...
January 20, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 20, 2012

Mikhail Prokhorov says he ‘know[s] how to fight corruption’.  Various Russian economists agree with the World Trade Organization’s latest summation of the global economy, including a poor outlook for its own growth.  According to a senior WTO offi...
January 20, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 20, 2012

TODAY: Rally to remember Markelov and Baburova; gay rights activists arrested; Churov offers to resign; FSB chief brands rights groups ‘extremist’; more plastic rock spy stories; NATO disparages Russia troop plan; Epiphany celebrations. Hundreds o...
January 19, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 19, 2012

TNK-BP is looking to boost output at oil fields in Orenburg, having added five new wells this year; it has started drilling at its Lan Do gas field project off the coast of Vietnam.  The Russian government will not grant Rosneft a tax break for de...
January 19, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 19, 2012

The health inspector’s summation that Ukrainian cheese has seen ‘a marked deterioration’ was ‘predictable’, says RFE/RL, noting the current arguments between Ukraine and Russia over energy contracts.  German Gref, the head of Sberbank, says more n...
January 19, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 19, 2012

The health inspector’s summation that Ukrainian cheese has seen ‘a marked deterioration’ was ‘predictable’, says RFE/RL, noting the current arguments between Ukraine and Russia over energy contracts.  German Gref, the head of Sberbank, says more n...