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July 15, 2011

Energy Blast – July 15, 2011

Following a period of aggressive expansion, ConocoPhillips will conclude a three-year restructuring program by turning the company into two separate, publicly traded entities by the end of next June, divesting itself of its fuel-making business an...
July 15, 2011

Energy Blast – July 15, 2011

Following a period of aggressive expansion, ConocoPhillips will conclude a three-year restructuring program by turning the company into two separate, publicly traded entities by the end of next June, divesting itself of its fuel-making business an...
July 15, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 15, 2011

Medvedev’s privatization drive has echoes of the policies of Boris Yeltsin –  but will it help him to gain a second term as President? wonders the FT.  The recent spate of transport disasters has seen the President take a firm stand on...
July 15, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 15, 2011

TODAY: Estemirova murder remains unsolved two years on; magazine critical of St Petersburg governor pulled; Putin blames Bulgaria disaster on greed; orders ministers pay for statue to Tsarist era PM.  Medvedev suggests civil service hub of corrupt...
July 15, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – July 15, 2011

TODAY: Estemirova murder remains unsolved two years on; magazine critical of St Petersburg governor pulled; Putin blames Bulgaria disaster on greed; orders ministers pay for statue to Tsarist era PM.  Medvedev suggests civil service hub of corrupt...
July 14, 2011

Energy Blast – July 14, 2011

Russia has mounted opposition against a UN security council resolution on Syria’s nuclear operation and failure to cooperate with the IAEA.  Meanwhile Sergei Lavrov has proposed a carrot and stick approach to Iran with regards to its nuclear...
July 14, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 14, 2011

A Reuters analysis argues that the Volga river disaster is an apt if frightening symbol of the endemic corruption which bedevills all of Russian infrastructure.  The FT concurs in an article which see the modernization of industry as key to econom...
July 14, 2011

Today in Russian Business – July 14, 2011

A Reuters analysis argues that the Volga river disaster is an apt if frightening symbol of the endemic corruption which bedevills all of Russian infrastructure.  The FT concurs in an article which see the modernization of industry as key to econom...
July 13, 2011

Energy Blast – July 13, 2011

Akademik Fyodorov, the research vessel on an Arctic mission to determine the boundaries of Russia’s continental shelf, has begun its seismic studies.  Coking coal miner Raspadskaya will likely be bought by VEB for $5.3 billion.  Rosneft and Lukoil...