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April 15, 2011

TNK-BP: $27Bn? No Thanks

Where would Russia’s energy sector be without the ongoing saga that is TNK-BP?  In terms of mystery plot-lines and baffling events, the joint venture is by far the most fascinating player on the stage.  When the row over the Rosnef...
April 15, 2011

TNK-BP: $27Bn? No Thanks

Where would Russia’s energy sector be without the ongoing saga that is TNK-BP?  In terms of mystery plot-lines and baffling events, the joint venture is by far the most fascinating player on the stage.  When the row over the Rosnef...
April 15, 2011

Russia is Not ‘Cursed’ With Oil

Konstantin Simonov takes up the popular theme of Russia’s oil-based economy in the Moscow Times today with an angle I haven’t seen elsewhere as yet.  Political analysts tend to focus on the fact that Russia needs to diversify its ...
April 15, 2011

Russia is Not ‘Cursed’ With Oil

Konstantin Simonov takes up the popular theme of Russia’s oil-based economy in the Moscow Times today with an angle I haven’t seen elsewhere as yet.  Political analysts tend to focus on the fact that Russia needs to diversify its ...
April 15, 2011

Energy Blast – April 15, 2011

BP has apparently made an offer to buy out the 50% stake held in TNK-BP by Alfa-Access-Renova for $27 billion – but AAR has rejected it. ‘AAR may not get a better opportunity to exit. No other investor is likely to want to participate ...
April 15, 2011

Energy Blast – April 15, 2011

BP has apparently made an offer to buy out the 50% stake held in TNK-BP by Alfa-Access-Renova for $27 billion – but AAR has rejected it. ‘AAR may not get a better opportunity to exit. No other investor is likely to want to participate ...
April 15, 2011

Today in Russian Business – April 15, 2011

Mobile-phone retailer Euroset (or Yevroset) has postponed its IPO, apparently after investors found the price too high.  The WSJ notes that two other IPO deals have been postponed in the last week due to poor market conditions, but property d...
April 15, 2011

Today in Russian Business – April 15, 2011

Mobile-phone retailer Euroset (or Yevroset) has postponed its IPO, apparently after investors found the price too high.  The WSJ notes that two other IPO deals have been postponed in the last week due to poor market conditions, but property d...
April 15, 2011

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

TODAY: United Russia wants Putin; 10th anniversary of NTV takeover; polar bear hunting ban snubbed by WWF; Moscow police investigated for contract killing link; Echo Moskvy lawsuit dropped; Ugandan opposition leader cites Russia weapons deal; arch...
April 14, 2011

Not-So-Subtle Surkov

Nashi’s heart is vaguely in the right place with the anti-corruption rally it plans to hold in Moscow this weekend and which is expected to draw 50,000 supporters.  Perhaps not so much with the ‘erotic calendar‘ designed to ...