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November 29, 2011

Belarus To Pay High Price For Cheap Gas?

It was reported over the weekend that Russia has agreed to slash gas prices for Belarus after some months of wrangling.  Belarus Digest analyses the new wave of ‘economic carrots’ coming from the Kremlin.  Are the benefits really as ta...
November 29, 2011

Magnitsky Beaten To Death, Says New Report

Yesterday Hermitage Capital Foundation released a report into the death of the company’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in pre-trial detention on November 16 2009. The 75-page document, which makes for indispensable reading and which can be downl...
November 29, 2011

Magnitsky Beaten To Death, Says New Report

Yesterday Hermitage Capital Foundation released a report into the death of the company’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in pre-trial detention on November 16 2009. The 75-page document, which makes for indispensable reading and which can be downl...
November 29, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 29, 2011

Yesterday heralded the start of global climate talks, attended by representatives of 200 nations, to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions.  EU negotiators have apparently warned climate negotiators...
November 29, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 29, 2011

Yesterday heralded the start of global climate talks, attended by representatives of 200 nations, to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions.  EU negotiators have apparently warned climate negotiators...
November 29, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 29, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told a meeting of the government’s commission on foreign investment that foreign direct investment in Russia reached $36 billion in the first 10 months of the year, an increase on last year’s total of ...
November 29, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 29, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told a meeting of the government’s commission on foreign investment that foreign direct investment in Russia reached $36 billion in the first 10 months of the year, an increase on last year’s total of ...
November 29, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 29, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin accused of censorship; CEC establishes opposition TV ban; talk of potential fraud abounds; opposition activist sentenced.  Magnitsky beaten to death says new report; Tomsk cracks down on religious extremism.  Lavrov rejects idea of ...
November 29, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 29, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin accused of censorship; CEC establishes opposition TV ban; talk of potential fraud abounds; opposition activist sentenced.  Magnitsky beaten to death says new report; Tomsk cracks down on religious extremism.  Lavrov rejects idea of ...
November 28, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 28, 2011

Prime Minister Putin has announced a $14 billion rescue plan for Belarus, which, the Wall Street Journal argues, will tighten ‘Russia’s embrace over its isolated, authoritarian neighbor in return for a major stake in its economy’...