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June 6, 2011

Energy Blast – June 6, 2011

The Obama administration has, according to the Moscow Times, voiced strong support for a Southern Corridor pipeline to export natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe, which would decrease the necessity for Russian supplies.  The chief e...
June 6, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 6, 2011

The Russia-led Eurasian economic community has approved a $3 billion bailout loan to indebted neighbor Belarus.  The country’s Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets has apparently said he hopes that the Russian loan would facilitate a deal...
June 6, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 6, 2011

The Russia-led Eurasian economic community has approved a $3 billion bailout loan to indebted neighbor Belarus.  The country’s Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets has apparently said he hopes that the Russian loan would facilitate a deal...
June 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 6, 2011

TODAY: Foreign Ministry raises alarm over NATO’s Libya campaign; Putin’s cucumber comments threaten EU relations.  Saakashvili claims dissidents are Kremlin-sponsored; stars attend five day war film premiere. US Senate voices conc...
June 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 6, 2011

TODAY: Foreign Ministry raises alarm over NATO’s Libya campaign; Putin’s cucumber comments threaten EU relations.  Saakashvili claims dissidents are Kremlin-sponsored; stars attend five day war film premiere. US Senate voices conc...
June 3, 2011

Energy Blast – June 3, 2011

China intends to increase coal imports from Russia by 30% over the next five years.  Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is advising that nuclear negotiations with Iran will get going if world powers such as the International Atomic Agency show it...
June 3, 2011

Energy Blast – June 3, 2011

China intends to increase coal imports from Russia by 30% over the next five years.  Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is advising that nuclear negotiations with Iran will get going if world powers such as the International Atomic Agency show it...
June 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 3, 2011

Mikhail Prokhorov has promised to quit business activity if his Right Cause party wins the State Duma elections this December.  Canada is in talks with Russia to re-open a 65-year-old trade route.  Nissan and Renault could invest up to $...
June 3, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 3, 2011

TODAY: Suspect charged with Politkovskaya murder; Medvedev meets Berlusconi and Biden in Rome; Russia as Libya mediator; Putin pledges support for Abkhazia; ongoing blasts at arms depot, 12,000 evacuated; drugs and H.I.V.; European red tape; veter...
June 2, 2011

Energy Blast – June 2, 2011

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Iran’s nuclear question is not going to be solved whilst sanctions are in place.  First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov could be elected onto the board of Gazprom later this month, in spite o...