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May 12, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 12, 2011

The Kremlin has refused to give cash-strapped neighbor Belarus a bailout loan, suggesting instead it privatize state assets and seek assistance from the IMF.  Intergeo, the copper and nickel company owned by billionaires Mikhai...
May 12, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 12, 2011

The Kremlin has refused to give cash-strapped neighbor Belarus a bailout loan, suggesting instead it privatize state assets and seek assistance from the IMF.  Intergeo, the copper and nickel company owned by billionaires Mikhai...
May 12, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 12, 2011

TODAY: Anti corruption blogger will not seek parliamentary immunity in criminal probe; receives support of Kirov Deputy Governor; Khimki activists arrested; Putin guarantees state housing for WW2 veteran. Medvedev sees bin Laden death as beneficia...
May 12, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 12, 2011

TODAY: Anti corruption blogger will not seek parliamentary immunity in criminal probe; receives support of Kirov Deputy Governor; Khimki activists arrested; Putin guarantees state housing for WW2 veteran. Medvedev sees bin Laden death as beneficia...
May 11, 2011

The Historic Verdict of the Galleon Trial

After two weeks of deliberation, today a jury in Manhattan agreed on a verdict against the billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, formerly of the Galleon Group, finding him guilty on all 14 counts of insider trading, carrying a possible ma...
May 11, 2011

The Historic Verdict of the Galleon Trial

After two weeks of deliberation, today a jury in Manhattan agreed on a verdict against the billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, formerly of the Galleon Group, finding him guilty on all 14 counts of insider trading, carrying a possible ma...
May 11, 2011

The United Russia Front

Putin’s decision to create an All-Russia People’s Front, announced at a United Russia conference in Volgograd on Friday, sparked a flurry of analysis as to the Prime Minister’s motivations, beyond its ostensible aim of ...
May 11, 2011

The United Russia Front

Putin’s decision to create an All-Russia People’s Front, announced at a United Russia conference in Volgograd on Friday, sparked a flurry of analysis as to the Prime Minister’s motivations, beyond its ostensible aim of ...
May 11, 2011

Energy Blast – May 11, 2011

According to the Moscow Times, operations have begun at reactor one of Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power station, with a low-level nuclear reaction.  In the light of Japan’s nuclear emergency, U.N. Secretary-General Ban K...
May 11, 2011

Energy Blast – May 11, 2011

According to the Moscow Times, operations have begun at reactor one of Iran’s Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power station, with a low-level nuclear reaction.  In the light of Japan’s nuclear emergency, U.N. Secretary-General Ban K...