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July 27, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 27, 2011

Rosneft will not have to provide confidential documents to corruption whistleblower and minority shareholder Alexei Navalny, after a court rescinded a decision by a lower court. ‘This is just garbage. It brings everything back to square one,’ Nava...
July 27, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 27, 2011

TODAY: Other Russia members detained; Popular Front’s electoral program; mayoral elections under threat; Rogozin not keen on Republicans; Muscovites protest stone tiles; Lebedev’s parole hearing continues; man-made disasters, forest fires. Church ...
July 27, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 27, 2011

TODAY: Other Russia members detained; Popular Front’s electoral program; mayoral elections under threat; Rogozin not keen on Republicans; Muscovites protest stone tiles; Lebedev’s parole hearing continues; man-made disasters, forest fires. Church ...
July 26, 2011

Managing Russia’s Mayors

The whittling away of the democratic process across Russia’s expansive regions has been a source of concern since gubernational elections were abolished in 2004.  The FT has a look at how things are operating on a regional basis in the run-u...
July 26, 2011

Managing Russia’s Mayors

The whittling away of the democratic process across Russia’s expansive regions has been a source of concern since gubernational elections were abolished in 2004.  The FT has a look at how things are operating on a regional basis in the run-u...
July 26, 2011

US Says Yes To Magnitsky Sanctions

Today emerged the news that the US state department has imposed sanctions against officials who are suspected of involvement in the death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.  The sanctions, which were first proposed by Senator Benjamin Cardin in...
July 26, 2011

US Says Yes To Magnitsky Sanctions

Today emerged the news that the US state department has imposed sanctions against officials who are suspected of involvement in the death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.  The sanctions, which were first proposed by Senator Benjamin Cardin in...
July 26, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 26, 2011

The grain export forecast has been raised to 20 million tons, as Dmitry Medvedev promises that the market is stable and the Grain Union raises its total harvest forecast to 92 million tons.  Medvedev also promised that farmers would not lose state...
July 25, 2011

Putin’s Unwanted Admirer

There is an old phrase that there is no such thing as bad publicity.  The following is an glaring example of when this adage proves false.  The Moscow News reports on the Russian predilections of Oslo’s mass murderer Anders Breivik, highligh...
July 25, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 25, 2011

Vladimir Putin spends more time talking face-to-face with bankers than with oilmen, says this piece, which speculates about business aims discussed during his meetings, including the expansion of Moscow’s city limits, privatization, and mortgage r...