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March 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 22, 2011

A London-based think tank has ranked Moscow 68th out of 75 in its Global Financial Centers Index, and left it off its list of the 10 centers likely to be most significant in the future. The defense industry is to get a $100 billion boost over...
March 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 22, 2011

A London-based think tank has ranked Moscow 68th out of 75 in its Global Financial Centers Index, and left it off its list of the 10 centers likely to be most significant in the future. The defense industry is to get a $100 billion boost over...
March 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 22, 2011

TODAY: Putin and Medvedev row over Libya; Putin talks about childhood, plays with leopards; problem with Pirate Party registration; Gates pushes on missile defense; police generals dismissed after lie-detector tests? Population set to shrink, sugg...
March 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 22, 2011

TODAY: Putin and Medvedev row over Libya; Putin talks about childhood, plays with leopards; problem with Pirate Party registration; Gates pushes on missile defense; police generals dismissed after lie-detector tests? Population set to shrink, sugg...
March 21, 2011

The Snow Leopard of Soft Power

The choice of the snow leopard mascot for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hotly debated in the immediate aftermath of the vote.  Many assumed that it had been rigged to ensure that Vladimir Putin’s first choice mascot won – especially...
March 21, 2011

The Snow Leopard of Soft Power

The choice of the snow leopard mascot for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hotly debated in the immediate aftermath of the vote.  Many assumed that it had been rigged to ensure that Vladimir Putin’s first choice mascot won – especially...
March 21, 2011

Energy Blast – March 21, 2011

Vladimir Putin visited Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East over the weekend to launch a new gas distribution station, and used the opportunity to ease fears about radiation, although the Foreign Ministry is still advising Russians against travelin...
March 21, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 21, 2011

Moscow’s investment banks ‘have called off their love affair‘ with the ruble, says William Mauldin, blaming the perceived risk on capital flight and a tepid investment climate.  The New York Times reports on the investigatio...
March 21, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 21, 2011

TODAY: United Russia member calls out state TV bias; Moscow protest leads to beatings, arrest; Strategy 31 rally blocked; Russia urges end to ‘non-selective’ attacks on Libya; Robert Gates in Russia; Lenin killed by Brits? Blueberry Hi...
March 18, 2011

A Little Novatek Between Friends

Businessweek talks to two investors today about the risks of investing in Russia stocks, with one of them suggesting that, despite the benefits that may be had, corporate governance issues make the investments too risky.  He focuses in partic...