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May 4, 2011

Energy Blast – May 4, 2011

TNK-BP’s first-quarter earnings showed a 91% gain – ‘an insight into why the tycoons refused a $27 billion offer from BP‘.  Winsway Coking, a Chinese coal importer, has agreed to buy a Russian coal deposit fo...
May 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 4, 2011

Ahead of its NASDAQ IPO, Internet search engine Yandex is issuing warnings regarding possible takeovers by oligarchs and the potentially negative effects of any state presence on the company’s board. ‘High-profile businesses in Ru...
May 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 4, 2011

Ahead of its NASDAQ IPO, Internet search engine Yandex is issuing warnings regarding possible takeovers by oligarchs and the potentially negative effects of any state presence on the company’s board. ‘High-profile businesses in Ru...
May 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 4, 2011

TODAY: European court orders rules that Sutyagin was detained for too long; former spy Poteyev charged with high treason; investigator calls for new Hermitage arrest; media head disputes Freedom House findings; Latynina on Domodedovo; Moscow wants...
May 3, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 3, 2011

[Editor’s note:  on hiatus since late January, we are back by popular demand with our daily Russia Legal News Blast, summarizing the latest developments in the Russian and trade press essential for lawyers both in and beyond Russia and ...
May 3, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 3, 2011

[Editor’s note:  on hiatus since late January, we are back by popular demand with our daily Russia Legal News Blast, summarizing the latest developments in the Russian and trade press essential for lawyers both in and beyond Russia and ...
May 3, 2011

Energy Blast – May 3, 2011

LUKoil has made its first Southeast Asian acquisition, taking a 50% stake in a Vietnamese offshore block (subject to government approval).  Gazprom is preparing to drill its first production well at the Sakhalin-3 project, with production due...
May 3, 2011

Energy Blast – May 3, 2011

LUKoil has made its first Southeast Asian acquisition, taking a 50% stake in a Vietnamese offshore block (subject to government approval).  Gazprom is preparing to drill its first production well at the Sakhalin-3 project, with production due...
May 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 3, 2011

Average monthly salaries of 20,383 roubles ($743) make loans for cars, apartments and refrigerators popular in Russia, says a Mail.ru study.  Phosagro is planning to raise $500 million with a London IPO next month; Rostelecom is planning...
May 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 3, 2011

Average monthly salaries of 20,383 roubles ($743) make loans for cars, apartments and refrigerators popular in Russia, says a Mail.ru study.  Phosagro is planning to raise $500 million with a London IPO next month; Rostelecom is planning...