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September 14, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 14, 2011

Alexander Lebedev has launched a lawsuit in Moscow claiming $11.6 million in damages to his business reputation resulting from the raid on his National Reserve Bank last year.  The next government will have to raise taxes, says Finance Minister Al...
September 14, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 14, 2011

TODAY: Russia denounces lack of progress in NATO missile talks; Britain rejects Litvinenko offer; Yak-42 crash leaves one survivor; Sochi residents protest eviction and demolition; Anna Politkovskaya; Khodorkovsky pretrial detention was illegal; L...
September 13, 2011

Russia’s Competing Visions of Diversity

A Good Treaty has published a blog post responding to Ellen Barry’s New York Times piece commenting on a recent speech given by Dmitry Medvedev at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum.  Contrasting his comments with the hardline “rejectio...
September 13, 2011

Russia’s Competing Visions of Diversity

A Good Treaty has published a blog post responding to Ellen Barry’s New York Times piece commenting on a recent speech given by Dmitry Medvedev at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum.  Contrasting his comments with the hardline “rejectio...
September 13, 2011

Energy Blast – Sept 13, 2011

During meetings with Russian leaders, British Prime Minister David Cameron raised concerns about the recent raid on BP’s Moscow office – but received a ‘cool response’.  President Medvedev restated the government position on the TNK-BP row, ...
September 13, 2011

Energy Blast – Sept 13, 2011

During meetings with Russian leaders, British Prime Minister David Cameron raised concerns about the recent raid on BP’s Moscow office – but received a ‘cool response’.  President Medvedev restated the government position on the TNK-BP row, ...
September 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 13, 2011

Russia is a ‘terrible, terrible place to do business,’ says William Browder.  The fight against corruption is designed to ‘restore order in our economy’, rather than to entice foreign investors, says Dmitry Medvedev – if corruption was a key...
September 12, 2011

Energy Blast – Sept 12, 2011

It is anticipated that the privatization of Rosneft could raise 200 billion rubles next year.  BP’s troubles in the US have led it to seek fresh options for diversifying its investor base in the Asia Pacific, says Reuters.  The company’s former he...
September 12, 2011

Energy Blast – Sept 12, 2011

It is anticipated that the privatization of Rosneft could raise 200 billion rubles next year.  BP’s troubles in the US have led it to seek fresh options for diversifying its investor base in the Asia Pacific, says Reuters.  The company’s former he...