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November 16, 2009

Energy Blast – Nov 16, 2009

Uppsala University in Sweden says the IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook ‘drastically underplayed the scale of future oil shortages‘.  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has won Slovenia’s approval for the South Stream ...
November 16, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Nov 16, 2009

First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has announced that Russia has again raised its target for revenue from various state asset sales next year to 100 billion rubles ($3.5 billion), more than 10 times the original target. ‘The state wil...
November 16, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 16, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev meets Obama in Singapore on sidelines of Apec, discusses Iran and START; what happened to Russia’s US-Afghan supply route?; more law enforcement officers weighing in on corruption; Putin didn’t attend hip-hop party to b...
November 13, 2009

Energy Blast – Nov 13, 2009

The International Energy Agency increased its forecast for 2010 global oil demand as the pace of economic recovery in Asia and the Middle East quickens, but has apparently cautioned that rising oil prices could jeopardize the green shoots of recov...
November 13, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Nov 13, 2009

‘The primitive structure of our economy‘, was one of President Medvedev’s keynote complaints in his second annual address, which emphasized the need for technological innovation. The speech was ‘disappointing from an invest...
November 13, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 13, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev’s state of the nation address warns opposition against using democracy to rock the boat; talks up modernization. Media unconvinced President can match word with deed. Topol-M problem for START replacement talks;  Litvine...
November 13, 2009

PASKO: I can’t take any more of the powers’ optimism

Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. I was listening to our president and recalled Jerzy Lec: “I am so full of optimism that I can’t take any more of it.” What didn’t Dmitry Medved...
November 12, 2009

Does Time, In Fact, Equal Money?

Ever come across something so brilliant you wish you had thought of it yourself? Well that’s what Seth Hettena has just put together, via sourcing from Vedomosti: an aggregation of the preferred timepieces worn by high-level Russian official...
November 12, 2009

Who Got The Power?

Vladimir Putin has been ranked number 3 in the Forbes list of the most powerful people in the world, President Medvedev comes in 43rd, after Deputy Prime Minister, siloviki chieftain and Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin at number 42. (See the editor&#...
November 12, 2009

Excerpts From State-Of-The-Nation Address

Medvedev’s annual state-of-the-nation address has been hotly anticipated, with talk of electoral reforms surfacing in today’s FT, issues of modernization and the promise of responses to his Go Russia! article to be included. For those ...