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March 31, 2011

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

TODAY: Strategy 31 organizers to turn sights to United Russia; organization raided by police ahead of protests today; new opposition report on corruption; debating the independence of the revived Moscow News; HIV figures rise; Council of Europe to...
March 30, 2011

Strategy 31 Loses Alexeyeva

This month marks the end of Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s involvement in Strategy 31.  The movement, started in July 2009 by Eduard Limonov, held protest rallies at the end of every month that contained 31 days, an emblematic nod to Article 31 o...
March 30, 2011

Strategy 31 Loses Alexeyeva

This month marks the end of Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s involvement in Strategy 31.  The movement, started in July 2009 by Eduard Limonov, held protest rallies at the end of every month that contained 31 days, an emblematic nod to Article 31 o...
March 30, 2011

Energy Blast – March 30, 2011

Qatar has become the first country to recognize the Libyan militants as country representatives, signing a contract with rebels in Benghazi to purchase oil.  Dmitry Medvedev has offered his views on the university training of engineers, calli...
March 30, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 30, 2011

The WSJ writes on the sixteen Russian companies hoping to making initial public offerings this year, including Euroset, Nomos, and Rusagro: ‘but the appetite for new Russian stock is nowhere near as large as in 2007‘.  Human right...
March 30, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 30, 2011

The WSJ writes on the sixteen Russian companies hoping to making initial public offerings this year, including Euroset, Nomos, and Rusagro: ‘but the appetite for new Russian stock is nowhere near as large as in 2007‘.  Human right...
March 30, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 30, 2011

TODAY: Putin supporter given United Russia seat; Strategy 31 to set new target; EU-Russia Civil Society Forum inaugurated; Medvedev warns terrorists, Umarov not killed in strike; Russia not invited to Libya meeting; radioactive iodine found in Rus...
March 29, 2011

Background: AAR & Rosneft

Last week, it was announced that TNK-BP’s Russian shareholders won a Swedish court injunction that will block BP’s tie-up with Rosneft until early next month at least.  Approaching the situation with a nubile eye, you might be for...
March 29, 2011

Energy Blast – March 29, 2011

EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger reveals the extent of Russia’s influence on the Nabucco pipeline, asking it not to pressure the pipeline’s potential Central Asian suppliers.  The Kremlin may make it illegal for a company ...
March 29, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 29, 2011

Moscow’s two airports, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo, are to be combined into a single, state-owned entity, according to Vladimir Putin, who added that ‘the state does not plan on keeping this asset forever‘.  Reuters has a factb...