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March 5, 2010

Energy Blast – March 5, 2010

Gazprom is conducting an internal audit of export schemes in an attempt to eliminate unnecessary intermediaries.  Just in time for Viktor Yanukovych’s visit to Russia, the Kremlin says it wants Ukraine to stick with its existing gas dea...
March 5, 2010

Today in Russian Business – March 5, 2010

According to President Dmitry Medvedev, unemployment is Russia’s ‘main social challenge‘.  Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are at odds over a government plan to increase pensions by 6.3% next...
March 5, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 5, 2010

TODAY: Kaliningrad protesters to form coalition; Yukos case will keep its representative, Kremlin claims improper filing; US returns Russian silver pendant; Olympic Committee head confirms resignation; LUKoil crash continues to create problems; No...
March 4, 2010

Only in Ingushetia

Only in Ingushetia would the cop who “accidentally” shot and killed a journalist who was being held under arrest share his victim’s last name without relation, and only in the Russian justice system would such a person be let out...
March 4, 2010

The Quiet Philanthropist

The following is a letter sent from T.J. Gorton to the London Review of Books in response to the Keith Gessen book review of Richard Sakwa’s work on the downfall of Yukos and imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovksy.  Very compelling readin...
March 4, 2010

Yukos vs. Russia

The long awaited, historic trial of Yukos shareholders vs. Russia is underway in Strasbourg.  We’re all very curious to see how the Kremlin’s high powered legal team will defend the theft of what was once Russia’s largest an...
March 4, 2010

The Rise of the Franco-Russo Axis

The full version of this article can be read on the Huffington Post. While the fast friendship and personalism between Sarkozy and Medvedev are important, the motives behind the alliance have been obscured (for example, it is difficult to believe ...
March 4, 2010

Energy Blast – March 4, 2010

Western powers have sent a revised proposal for new sanctions against Iran to Russia and China, in a bid to dissuade Iran from continuing with the production of nuclear energy – ‘China, which relies on Iran for much of its energy, has ...
March 4, 2010

Today in Russian Business – March 4, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is the new chairman of the Kremlin’s high-tech commission.  Putin called for an expansion of the body’s authority, and indicated that future measures could include changing the way the state buys prod...
March 4, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 4, 2010

TODAY: Confusion over Olympic Head’s resignation; Yabloko beard protest leads to arrests; Stalin posters to appear in Moscow, but not Irkutsk; Yukos case to be heard at European Court of Human Rights; Sarkozy’s reasons for warship sale...