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June 1, 2011

Energy Blast – June 1, 2011

According to Transneft, China has paid three quarters of its disputed arrears for oil supplies (or $78 million).  Europe’s largest utilities companies are urging Russia and Qatar to scrap their systems of long-term contracts, and to use...
June 1, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 1, 2011

An Audit Chamber report reveals that officials misspent over $71 million in state tenders in just five months.  Ural Mining & Metallurgical has surpassed Norilsk Nickel in terms of copper production last year, making it the country’...
June 1, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 1, 2011

An Audit Chamber report reveals that officials misspent over $71 million in state tenders in just five months.  Ural Mining & Metallurgical has surpassed Norilsk Nickel in terms of copper production last year, making it the country’...
June 1, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 1, 2011

TODAY: Strategy 31 protesters detained; Politkovskaya suspect arrested; United Russia wants its candidates to head company boards; Khodorkovsky lawyer welcomes EU ruling; Prosecutor General criticizes Magnitsky official sanctions; artist behind te...
May 31, 2011

Khodorkovsky Wins at ECHR, Press Loses

The judgment handed down on Tuesday by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the case of Khodorkovsky vs. Russia (Application 5829/04) represents a clear victory for the plaintiff, as the court ruled in their favor on 8 out of 15 claims, mo...
May 31, 2011

Energy Blast – May 31, 2011

Following news that Germany will shut all of its nuclear reactors by 2022, Reuters has a summary of current and planned nuclear activity of European countries.  The FT looks at the global fallout from the Fukushima disaster, predicting over a...
May 31, 2011

Energy Blast – May 31, 2011

Following news that Germany will shut all of its nuclear reactors by 2022, Reuters has a summary of current and planned nuclear activity of European countries.  The FT looks at the global fallout from the Fukushima disaster, predicting over a...
May 31, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 31, 2011

The Central Bank has unexpectedly raised its deposit rate to 3.5%, largely thought to be a move to staunch capital outflows.  Russia’s consumer protection agency has banned all vegetable imports from Germany and Spain in light of the re...
May 31, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 31, 2011

TODAY: Magnitsky prosecutor off the hook; Khodorkovsy appeals, appears on state TV; comments on Moscow’s thwarted gay pride parade; Georgian journalists detained; G8 misunderstandings; tennis posters removed; police chiefs lose jobs over ref...
May 31, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 31, 2011

TODAY: Magnitsky prosecutor off the hook; Khodorkovsy appeals, appears on state TV; comments on Moscow’s thwarted gay pride parade; Georgian journalists detained; G8 misunderstandings; tennis posters removed; police chiefs lose jobs over ref...