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February 11, 2011

Terror and Poverty

Mikhail Gorbachev occasionally appears in the Western press to give his angle on presidential elections (“two terms is enough“) and the ruling tandem.  Speculation is entertaining, but it’s much more satisfying to hear him s...
February 11, 2011

Terror and Poverty

Mikhail Gorbachev occasionally appears in the Western press to give his angle on presidential elections (“two terms is enough“) and the ruling tandem.  Speculation is entertaining, but it’s much more satisfying to hear him s...
February 11, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 11, 2011

Gazprom is forecasting a European price hike of 15% for gas supplies, to $352 per cubic meter.  Alfa-Access-Renova, the Russian shareholders in TNK-BP, say they are hiring lawyers in order to be clear on their position regarding the company&#...
February 11, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 11, 2011

Two Russian IPOs have been cancelled this week – ChelPipe and Severstal’s unit Nord Gold both postponed in London; both cite market conditions.  Bloomberg speculates as to whether the two would find better conditions in the bond m...
February 11, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 11, 2011

TODAY: Khimki forest activist detained with children; rights advocates call for legalization of methadone; Russia won’t follow Egypt while oil price remains high; Gorbachev blames poverty and instability for terrorist attacks; Medvedev calls...
February 10, 2011

Kasparov: Russia Will Fall

Garry Kasparov on Egypt, Russia, and violent protest.  From The Other Russia: We need to understand that this same kind of algorithm of action [seen in Egypt] is going to spread to Russia – but to a much greater extent. Russia is a nucl...
February 10, 2011

Kasparov: Russia Will Fall

Garry Kasparov on Egypt, Russia, and violent protest.  From The Other Russia: We need to understand that this same kind of algorithm of action [seen in Egypt] is going to spread to Russia – but to a much greater extent. Russia is a nucl...
February 10, 2011

Gontmakher Fearing for His Life

Arkady Gontmakher is back in the news today with a Moscow Times interview drawing attention to his plight – stuck in pretrial detention with worsening health problems.  Originally arrested in November 2007 on charges of poaching and mon...
February 10, 2011

Energy Blast – Feb 10, 2011

Following a 50% price hike over a three-month period, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has launched probes into jet fuel and diesel prices set by Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Lukoil.  The companies are suspected of price fixing on the domestic ...
February 10, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Feb 10, 2011

In reference to a presidential aide’s suggestion that the government privatize VTB, Konstantin Sonin writes against government control of ‘major segments of economic activity‘.  But the privatization program is not progressi...