Energy Blast – Nov 12, 2010
The current cost of Russian gas for Ukraine’s Naftogaz? $1 billion per month. ‘This is a major challenge that we must think over now,‘ says the company head. President Dmitry Medvedev wants next year’s G20...
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Today in Russian Business – Nov 12, 2010
A bill to regulate electronic payments has been approved by the government, and could pose problems for new operators due to its equity requirements, reports the Moscow Times. President Dmitry Medvedev spoke of ‘unhindered access for s...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 12, 2010
TODAY: Reporters gather in Saratov to protest attacks; 100 police working on Kashin case, but answers are scarce; raft of attacks dominating the news; Medvedev to meet Japanese PM who denies that stalled economic agreement is related to Kuril disp...
Network Hubs vs. Emerging Cities of the Global Economy
The issue of declinism, specifically the generalized decrease of U.S. dominance over resources of international power, has become one of the most hotly debated topics among observers. Some lament these shifting balances as though it were Rom...
The Problematic Campaign against START
Writing on Slate.com, Fred Kaplan picks apart a recent op/ed signed by John Yoo and John Bolton recommending that the U.S. Senate put off ratification of the new START treaty with Russia. While there are parts that are more convincing than o...
Ros-Lehtinen on the Journalist Attacks
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has issued a strong statement on the recent attacks on journalists in Russia, calling for a review of Russia ties. “I am appalled by the savage attacks on Oleg Kashin and Anatoly Adamchuk,” Ros-Lehtine...
A Decorative Element of the Russian Facade
The Los Angeles Times has published a very interesting – and at times incendiary – interview with the 93-year-old theater director Yuri Lyubimov, famous for his adaptation of Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita and other visionary Ru...
Video: Magnitsky Documentary Debuts for One-Year Anniversary
A documentary film on the murder of Sergei Magnitsky by corrupt officials within the Russian government is debuting on the 16th of November with special screenings across several European parliaments and the U.S. House of Representatives. Se...
Energy Blast – Nov 11, 2010
EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has unveiled a new strategy paper for the European energy market which calls for €1,000 billion of new investment. Oettinger’s comments praising EU-Russian energy relations come just as Gazprom ...
Today in Russian Business – Nov 11, 2010
The Russian delegation’s position at the G20 summit in South Korea is that the global economy is ‘unstable and unbalanced‘, and expressed particular concern over countries ‘taking unilateral decisions to weaken their curren...