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October 26, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 26, 2011

The management board of TNK-BP wants its board of directors to sue BP over the Rosneft deal, with the motion requiring only a simple majority to pass.  TNK-BP are reporting an 8% profit boost for this quarter, with Russian production overall reach...
October 26, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 26, 2011

The management board of TNK-BP wants its board of directors to sue BP over the Rosneft deal, with the motion requiring only a simple majority to pass.  TNK-BP are reporting an 8% profit boost for this quarter, with Russian production overall reach...
October 26, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 26, 2011

Russian Railways is planning to auction off almost 75% of its freight cargo unit: ‘The winner will get about a quarter of Russia’s rail-freight transportation market.’  Dow Chemical Company praises its Russian polyurethane joint venture with Izola...
October 26, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 26, 2011

Russian Railways is planning to auction off almost 75% of its freight cargo unit: ‘The winner will get about a quarter of Russia’s rail-freight transportation market.’  Dow Chemical Company praises its Russian polyurethane joint venture with Izola...
October 26, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 26, 2011

TODAY: Opposition protests in St Petersburg and Moscow; planned road will run through UNESCO site; mobile phone user data leaked; U.S. unimpressed by Russia’s blacklist, Republican slams ‘reset’; Georgian demands are ‘impossible’ says Medvedev aid...
October 26, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 26, 2011

TODAY: Opposition protests in St Petersburg and Moscow; planned road will run through UNESCO site; mobile phone user data leaked; U.S. unimpressed by Russia’s blacklist, Republican slams ‘reset’; Georgian demands are ‘impossible’ says Medvedev aid...
October 25, 2011

The Game of Good Decisions

President Dmitry Medvedev and partner-in-crime Vladimir Putin have released a video of themselves playing badminton – or, rather, the Kremlin’s official website has released it, meaning that, for whatever reason, it has the official st...
October 25, 2011

The Game of Good Decisions

President Dmitry Medvedev and partner-in-crime Vladimir Putin have released a video of themselves playing badminton – or, rather, the Kremlin’s official website has released it, meaning that, for whatever reason, it has the official st...
October 25, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 25, 2011

A diplomatic note from Russia and China to the International Atomic Energy Agency urges the U.N. to scrap U.S.-backed plans to reveal intelligence on Iran’s alleged nuclear arms experiments, says AP.  The board of TNK-BP has voted against an initi...
October 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2011

TODAY: 12 activists detained in Moscow amid wider furore over stage-managed elections; environmental actions in Irkutsk and Khimki; Yukos whistleblower placed in solitary confinement; head of Moscow Pride steps down; Medvedev mediates between Turk...