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January 18, 2011

Energy Blast – Jan 18, 2011

Rosneft’s BP deal is part of a larger and long-standing plan to expand abroad, a response to ‘high domestic tax levels and uncertainty over future burdens‘, says this article.  Environmentalists in Russia are planning to app...
January 18, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 18, 2011

Shalva Chigirinsky is apparently formulating new plans to build a tower in Moskva-City business district, with approval from its construction manager: ‘We are ready.‘  Russian investors are gearing up to make an ‘unprecedent...
January 18, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 18, 2011

Shalva Chigirinsky is apparently formulating new plans to build a tower in Moskva-City business district, with approval from its construction manager: ‘We are ready.‘  Russian investors are gearing up to make an ‘unprecedent...
January 18, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 18, 2011

TODAY: EU wants to impose sanctions on Khodorkovsky officials; Nemtsov criticizes Kremlin; Putin should let Medvedev run for President, says aide; rights activist attacked; Strategy 31 protesters apply for permits; United Russia in crisis of confi...
January 17, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 17, 2011

Below is the first installment of what we are hoping will become a regular feature on this blog, courtesy of our Moscow-based law office.  This brief summary of legal news from the Russian media is intended as a resource for practicing lawyer...
January 17, 2011

The Jasmine Revolution Likely Not a Trend

What has been termed as the first successful toppling of a president by Twitter, or, alternatively, the first government to collapse as a result of Wikileaks, the events in Tunisia were given a new name over the weekend:  The Jasmine Revoluti...
January 17, 2011

Huda Seif: The Toppling of Tunisia

The following article on the situation in Tunisia was contributed to this blog by the academic Huda Seif. As the international community watches carefully the intense events of political upheavals and public appraisal that are currently unfolding ...
January 17, 2011

Energy Blast – Jan 17, 2011

Commenting on the controversial news of BP and Rosneft’s deal, UK opposition leader Ed Miliband says that, in the wake of the Deepwater disaster, energy companies should focus on alternative energy rather than drilling, but Rosneft says that...
January 17, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 17, 2011

Vimpelcom has given its final approval to a revised bid for the telecoms assets of Naguib Sawiris, but Telenor, its key shareholder, continues to oppose the sale.  In line with President Dmitry Medvedev’s decree, the federal government ...