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October 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 19, 2011

TODAY: Russia signs CIS free trade agreement with 7 member states; Medvedev’s premiership next year is not a done deal; how Russia armed the Arab Spring; U.S. offers written assurance, offers Russia full inspection privileges on missile shield; Oc...
October 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 19, 2011

TODAY: Russia signs CIS free trade agreement with 7 member states; Medvedev’s premiership next year is not a done deal; how Russia armed the Arab Spring; U.S. offers written assurance, offers Russia full inspection privileges on missile shield; Oc...
October 18, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 18, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is in Ukraine today to discuss natural gas contracts; President Viktor Yanukovych says that the current gas agreement is ‘discriminatory, unfair and enslaving’, and is seeking lower prices.  Yanukovych says that, ...
October 18, 2011

Today in Russian Business

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin wrote a piece in Kommersant this week, urging Russia to change its economic course as soon as possible.  At a gathering of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council, Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would era...
October 18, 2011

Today in Russian Business

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin wrote a piece in Kommersant this week, urging Russia to change its economic course as soon as possible.  At a gathering of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council, Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would era...
October 17, 2011

Will Russia Lose Business with the Next Venezuelan Government?

In case you haven’t been following the news, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has cancer.  After several surgeries and chemotherapy treatments in Cuba, Chavez has returned to a very tense political situation (even by Venezuelan standards), a...
October 17, 2011

Will Russia Lose Business with the Next Venezuelan Government?

In case you haven’t been following the news, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has cancer.  After several surgeries and chemotherapy treatments in Cuba, Chavez has returned to a very tense political situation (even by Venezuelan standards), a...
October 17, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 17, 2011

Anadarko Petroleum, which part-owned the Macondo oil well, will pay BP $4 billion in an out of court agreement to settle all claims relating to last year’s Gulf of Mexico spill.  CNOOC has discovered an oil sheen near its Jinzhou 9-3 West oilfield...
October 17, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 17, 2011

Anadarko Petroleum, which part-owned the Macondo oil well, will pay BP $4 billion in an out of court agreement to settle all claims relating to last year’s Gulf of Mexico spill.  CNOOC has discovered an oil sheen near its Jinzhou 9-3 West oilfield...
October 17, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 17, 2011

Siberian businessman Dmitry Gordeyev has fled to Georgia, alleging FSB extortion and a ‘fabricated’ criminal case.  VTB is planning to cut 1,500 jobs by 2013 in order to reduce costs.  A German news source is reporting that Mikhail Khodorkovsky co...