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June 25, 2010

Today in Russian Business – June 25, 2010

‘Russia belongs in the WTO’: says US President Barack Obama.  The Kremlin hopes that Russia will have joined by 2011.  Obama praised the country’s decision to buy 50 Boeing aircraft; the aircraft manufacturer has also p...
June 25, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 25, 2010

TODAY: Fast food backdrop sets relaxed tone for friendly Obama-Medvedev meeting; ex-Prime Minister urges US to see through Medvedev’s modernization drive; hopes for cooperation on missile defense; has Russia resurrected idea of second milita...
June 25, 2010

Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and the Reset

John Lough, an associate fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London, has a very insightful piece on Russia’s play in Kyrgyzstan in the Moscow Times: Rather than fighting over the long-term future of the Manas bas...
June 25, 2010

Russia Needs More than Optimistic Tweets

This one comes the editorial page of the Financial Times: After its energy-dependent economy shrank by 7.9 per cent last year – the most among the world’s dozen largest economies – Russia is again wooing investment. While it may ...
June 24, 2010

Video: Russian Untouchables

I am not sure if James posted this latest Hermitage video up yet, but I will go ahead even though it’s been up for a couple of days now.  It’s a very powerful and clearly communicated appeal for answers on the murder of Magnitsky ...
June 24, 2010

Test the Reset

Right now the president of the Russian Federation is probably wrapping up his comments to the American Chamber of Commerce, where he has spent the day at various roundtables meeting the business elite.  Hopefully at least some of them suggest...
June 24, 2010

Russia Drops its Case against Aleksanyan

I can’t say that I am entirely surprised that Russian prosecutors have finally dropped their case against Yukos lawyer Vasily Aleksanyan after the legal expiration of limitations.  Nor do I think it is debatable that this was a gesture ...
June 24, 2010

Video: Medvedev Goes Hollywood

During his visit to California, President Dmitry Medvedev tries out a few lines on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that I’m sure he’s never heard before.
June 24, 2010

Firestone Questions Medvedev’s True Colors

Jamison Firestone, a corporate lawyer at Firestone Duncan (the law firm of Sergei Magnitsky), has a new article in the Mercury News of Silicon Valley about the risks of investing in lawless Russia.  Firestone has been interviewed on this blog...
June 24, 2010

Energy Blast – June 24, 2010

Conflicting news on the Russia-Belarus gas spat: despite initial reports that the gas war had ended, with Belarus having paid its debt, and supplies resuming, Reuters reports that Alexei Miller has told Vladimir Putin that new talks need to be hel...