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August 3, 2011

Cardin List is Just the Beginning

The ever-piercing Yulia Latynina writes in today’s Moscow Times on the bold move of the U.S. government in implementing its Cardin list – a list of Russian officials now subject to U.S. sanctions for their suspected involvement in the ...
August 3, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 3, 2011

LUKoil has admitted to price fixing, following an inquiry by the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service.  Poland is to liberalize its natural gas storage regulations, allowing companies with reserves based outside of Poland to enter its gas market.  The so...
August 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 3, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev is flummoxed by the ‘administrative barriers’ that continue to crop up and hinder foreign investment, despite measures taken to reduce them.  Bloomberg TV will become the primary provider of business news for Russia’s 24-...
August 3, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 3, 2011

TODAY: Interior Minister calls for internet monitoring; no Russian support for Syria sanctions; Belarus will not respond to Putin’s comments about union; Magnitsky case reopened to clear officials?  Russia rejects Polish crash criticism; Nagorno-K...
August 2, 2011

The Election in Russia Does Not Matter

Interesting analysis in the Financial Times today from Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, arguing that it doesn’t matter who becomes the next president of Russia. The next president is unlikely to allow a more plurali...
August 2, 2011

Dirty Elections Start Early

St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko is doing her part to ensure that anxiety about election violations starts early this year, after it emerged yesterday that her registration for the August 21st municipal elections was the only one permi...
August 2, 2011

Dirty Elections Start Early

St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko is doing her part to ensure that anxiety about election violations starts early this year, after it emerged yesterday that her registration for the August 21st municipal elections was the only one permi...
August 2, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 2, 2011

State-run Petrovietnam has launched its first licensing round in four years, covering nine offshore blocks.  Keeping its title as top producer, Russia’s July oil output, at 10.26 million bpd, is a post-Soviet high (previously matched in May).  Sie...
August 2, 2011

Energy Blast – Aug 2, 2011

State-run Petrovietnam has launched its first licensing round in four years, covering nine offshore blocks.  Keeping its title as top producer, Russia’s July oil output, at 10.26 million bpd, is a post-Soviet high (previously matched in May).  Sie...
August 2, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 2, 2011

An $800 million funding deal led by Russian venture capital firm DST Global will award Twitter with ‘the largest venture capital investment in history’.  The chairman of Goldman Sachs says that Russia has replaced Brazil as his top BRIC investment...