In the aftermath of President Dmitry Medvedev’s somewhat melodramatic and drawn-out firing of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, the general consensus perspective appears to be that the president is politically benefiting from this strong “sho...
Whilst the company may despair over its prospects in the spill-blighted US, ‘in Russia […] BP’s fortunes are brighter than ever‘ as Arctic exploration beckons and Russia takes an interest in the asset sale, says the New Yor...
State Duma Deputy Konstantin Kosachev has told reporters that Russia’s decision not to sell S-300s to Iran is a costly one, representing $1 billion in lost revenue. In the latest twist in the Norilsk Nickel tussle, Rusal has filed a la...
TODAY: The fall out from the Luzhkov sacking; political post-mortem underway; a bold move by Medvedev? New mayor should be in place by end of October. Estemirova killer apparently identified; Investigative Committee to review cases of ...
Artur Chilingarov, celebrity Duma member, scientist, and Arctic explorer-at-large, has been given an exciting new mission: to resurrect a ship stranded in the ice of the Arctic Ocean since 1934. Seems like the Kremlin is eagerly recycl...
Simon Shuster of TIME Magazine gets some good quotes on the firing of Mayor Yuri Luzhkov: The gravity of this news for Russia’s political circle was perhaps best expressed by Sergei Mironov, head of a pro-Kremlin political party, who wrote a...
Earlier this morning my law firm, Amsterdam & Peroff, convened a panel event in London featuring Igor Sutyagin, the recently released scientist who had spent 11 years imprisoned in Russia under dubious charges of treason, and Grigory Pasko, th...
Bashneft and Surgutneftegaz are apparently the only two companies, out of six contenders, which have been approved to bid for the lucrative Trebs and Titov fields. It is apparently believed that the former is most likely to win the tender.&n...
Will the departure of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov cause the capital’s real estate market to wobble? wonders the Moscow Times. This article looks at Russia’s increasing interest in Singapore with three memorandums of understanding s...
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