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March 7, 2011

Strategic Energy Giants

Two separate stories today look at the acquisitions of rights to develop Kovytka and Trebs and Titov, Russia’s largest oil and gas fields by its industry giants, both suggesting ways in which the deals are indicative of the Kremlin’s e...
March 7, 2011

Energy Blast – March 7, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has personally extended the contract of Alexei Miller, with whom he has ‘close ties’, as the head of Gazprom for another five years.  Following an unsuccessful extraordinary board meeting in Berlin, t...
March 7, 2011

Energy Blast – March 7, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has personally extended the contract of Alexei Miller, with whom he has ‘close ties’, as the head of Gazprom for another five years.  Following an unsuccessful extraordinary board meeting in Berlin, t...
March 7, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 7, 2011

The ban on grain exports in Russia has limited farm income and will result in a 2.3% drop in wheat planting this year, which will almost certainly contribute to a rise in global prices, says Bloomberg.  Russia is planning to create a $10 bill...
March 7, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 7, 2011

The ban on grain exports in Russia has limited farm income and will result in a 2.3% drop in wheat planting this year, which will almost certainly contribute to a rise in global prices, says Bloomberg.  Russia is planning to create a $10 bill...
March 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 7, 2011

TODAY: St Patrick’s Day parade canceled; Russian plane crashes, killing 6; police jailed; rights advocates mourn Kozhevnikova’s death; public figures undermine Khodorkovsky campaign; Strategy 31 split; alcohol consumption, heroin use a...
March 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 7, 2011

TODAY: St Patrick’s Day parade canceled; Russian plane crashes, killing 6; police jailed; rights advocates mourn Kozhevnikova’s death; public figures undermine Khodorkovsky campaign; Strategy 31 split; alcohol consumption, heroin use a...
March 4, 2011

Oleg Orlov on Trial

Friederike Behr at Amnesty International is blogging her attendance at the trial of Oleg Orlov, who stands accused of slander for his accusations that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is to blame for the death of human rights defender Natalia Este...
March 4, 2011

Oleg Orlov on Trial

Friederike Behr at Amnesty International is blogging her attendance at the trial of Oleg Orlov, who stands accused of slander for his accusations that Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is to blame for the death of human rights defender Natalia Este...
March 4, 2011

Soundbite of the Day

“Freedom from fear, humiliation, poverty, disease, freedom for everyone, in my opinion, is our current goal of development,”  said President Dmitry Medvedev today, speaking about modernization and reform.  Whatever ...