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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...
October 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 17, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev defends premiership plans, promises fresh government; Australia calls out ‘cheque-book diplomacy’; Udaltsov denied proper medical treatment; Nashi members cut off opposition electricity; Posner calls for human rights reset; Yemeni ...
October 17, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 17, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev defends premiership plans, promises fresh government; Australia calls out ‘cheque-book diplomacy’; Udaltsov denied proper medical treatment; Nashi members cut off opposition electricity; Posner calls for human rights reset; Yemeni ...
October 14, 2011

Courting Corruption

The lawsuit that Boris Berezovsky has brought against his former business partner and protege Roman Abramovic in London’s High Court has solicited a great deal of media attention.  This is unsurprising; the scabrous tale of back-stabbing and...
October 14, 2011

Courting Corruption

The lawsuit that Boris Berezovsky has brought against his former business partner and protege Roman Abramovic in London’s High Court has solicited a great deal of media attention.  This is unsurprising; the scabrous tale of back-stabbing and...
October 13, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 13, 2011

BP has been given the go-ahead for its Clair oil field, which will be one of the North Sea’s largest; the second-phase investment, worth $7.1 billion, also counts Shell, Chevron and ConocoPhillips as its backers.  In other news, BP has been formal...
October 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 13, 2011

Will the merging of Russia’s stock markets improve the business climate by making institutional reforms imperative?  On Russia’s plans to expand its Eurasian customs union, which will likely be one of Vladimir Putin’s priorities following his retu...
October 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 13, 2011

Will the merging of Russia’s stock markets improve the business climate by making institutional reforms imperative?  On Russia’s plans to expand its Eurasian customs union, which will likely be one of Vladimir Putin’s priorities following his retu...
October 13, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 13, 2011

TODAY: Damascus rally notes Russian support; McFaul underscores importance of Iran in U.S.-Russia relations; Yavlinsky interview; blogger power; Day of Wrath protest sees a handful of arrests; Shuvalov usurps Kudrin. A tens-of-thousands-strong ral...
October 12, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 12, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has spoken out against the Yulia Tymoshenko verdict, warning that it could make energy ties with Ukraine difficult, and the Foreign Ministry said that it couldn’t fail to notice ‘the obvious anti-Russian subtext in th...