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August 11, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 11, 2011

As BP’s case against Renova waits to be heard in Stockholm, minority shareholders in TNK-BP have apparently filed a claim against two BP executives.  LUKoil’s Bulgarian refinery has not yet had its operations suspended – a final ruling on a ...
August 10, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 10, 2011

Gazprom and RWE of Germany say that early talks have displayed their ‘match of interests’, and both sides aim to continue discussions until agreements have been reached on new power stations and gas prices.  The latest BP-AAR dispute, with a lawsu...
August 10, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 10, 2011

Gazprom and RWE of Germany say that early talks have displayed their ‘match of interests’, and both sides aim to continue discussions until agreements have been reached on new power stations and gas prices.  The latest BP-AAR dispute, with a lawsu...
August 9, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 9, 2011

Kaliningrad authorities will not permit a regional referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant ‘because nuclear policy is the prerogative of the federal government’.  BP has launched a court case in Stockholm against Renova, one of its...
August 8, 2011

Russia Looming Large in Belarus & Ukraine

Belarus is falling fast into Russia’s waiting clutches.  The latest domino to fall is Belaruskali, the potash producer, 35% of which will be handed over to Sberbank as collateral for a $2 billion loan.  An analyst quoted by the Moscow Times said t...
August 8, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 8, 2011

Libyan rebels are in the process of establishing an oil protection force to deter Gaddafi’s forces.  Russia ‘lacks a national purpose’, says Alexei Bayer, arguing that it could have become a market leader in energy during unrest in the Middle East...
August 8, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 8, 2011

Despite the U.S. credit downgrade last week, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak says Russia will not review its U.S. investment policy, and Bank Rossii believes that downgraded U.S. credit will not affect the stability of the Russian economy....
August 8, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 8, 2011

Despite the U.S. credit downgrade last week, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak says Russia will not review its U.S. investment policy, and Bank Rossii believes that downgraded U.S. credit will not affect the stability of the Russian economy....
August 8, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 8, 2011

TODAY: Moscow backs imprisoned Tymoshenko; Medvedev in war of words with Georgia; acquittal of Kadyrov slanderer under consideration; Bulgaria pleasure boat catalysts; university defends itself against fraud; spies killed Camus? Samsara; Sochi foo...
August 5, 2011

Russia’s Offshore Rule of Law

A great piece by Alan Riley from yesterday’s International Herald Tribune has gone online today.  Riley writes on the key role played by the European Court of Human Rights and the English High Court in Russia’s justice system, noting t...