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November 25, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 25, 2011

It has been reported that Prime Minister Putin has signed off on a plan to build the $3.6 billion Zapolyarye-Purpe Arctic pipeline to new oil fields which could contribute significantly to Russia’s current output by the end of the decade.  T...
November 25, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 25, 2011

It has been reported that Prime Minister Putin has signed off on a plan to build the $3.6 billion Zapolyarye-Purpe Arctic pipeline to new oil fields which could contribute significantly to Russia’s current output by the end of the decade.  T...
November 25, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 25, 2011

Uralsib Capital has reportedly cut its forecast for Russian economic growth in 2012 from a previous estimate of 4% to 2.8 % on the basis that the global recession will reduce oil prices.  UNICEF and the Audit Chamber have noted that whilst almost ...
November 25, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 25, 2011

Uralsib Capital has reportedly cut its forecast for Russian economic growth in 2012 from a previous estimate of 4% to 2.8 % on the basis that the global recession will reduce oil prices.  UNICEF and the Audit Chamber have noted that whilst almost ...
November 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 25, 2011

TODAY: Presidential election date set; Putin sees power vertical as antidote to recession; United Russia’s waning popularity; the booing phenomenon.  Date extended on Magnitsky investigation; Sobyanin maintains anti-gay parade stance; Kirov&...
November 24, 2011

Legal Threat To Gay Rights

Protecting LGB rights in Russia has long been an uphill struggle. A climate of intolerance, hostile rhetoric from mainstream politicians and the repeated quashing of pride parades has now found its judicial corollary in a particularly pernicious p...
November 24, 2011

Medvedev On The Warpath

Yesterday President Medvedev put rather a damper on Washington’s Thanksgiving celebrations with the announcement that Russia would not tolerate the White House’s long-planned missile defense shield in Europe.  The Kremlin has always ma...
November 24, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 24, 2011

Acting Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has acknowledged that Russia’s economic stability would be severely jeopardized if oil was to fall to $30 dollars a barrel.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Siluanov has said he is ‘ready fo...
November 24, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 24, 2011

Acting Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has acknowledged that Russia’s economic stability would be severely jeopardized if oil was to fall to $30 dollars a barrel.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Siluanov has said he is ‘ready fo...
November 23, 2011

Energy Blast – Nov 23, 2011

Iraq apparently plans to introduce sanctions on U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil for signing a deal with the Kurdish region, which, it claims, came without any approval from either Baghdad or Washington.  Fellow oil major Chevron is apparently looking a...