Before watching this speech, I recommend reading the Richard Pipes piece from over the weekend (which may merit a second posting and commentary as it features great lines such as “One unfortunate consequence of the obsession with “grea...
The Lex column in the Financial Times has short piece taking a look at the fiscal and economic policy challenges facing the Russian leadership to use the energy wealth to diversify the economy … so far they have had much less luck on this fr...
Interesting piece here from Transitions Online about the ERBD loan to Ukraine to help them pay their bill to Gazprom … however this money will only come at the price of Kiev incorporating urgent economic and political reforms. Backed by the ...
This is from a pretty interesting piece by James Marson in the Guardian: There are three ways that people justify Stalin. First, he was a “successful dictator” in the second world war and the industrialisation drive; second, his record...
Following the hydropower disaster, Vladimir Putin has instructed Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko to submit proposals for regulating the wholesale power market to prevent high increases in prices. Anti-monopoly chief Igor Artemyev has said tha...
General Motors advisers are apparently recommending that the company walk away from Magna’s Merkel-backed bid to acquire Opel and instead seek out aid from other European governments to retain control of the unit itself. ‘Every d...
TODAY: Ingush President returns to work; concerns about dam surfaced decade ago; Georgian minister retracts comments on US aid; Medvedev in Mongolia. TB alert; anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact sees debates resurface.President Medve...
One can appreciate Vladimir Putin’s genuine efforts in response to the tragic accident at the hydroelectric dam in Sayano-Shushenskaya. He’s ordered a probe into the state’s infrastructure, and promised to boost much needed...
Following the hydropower plant disaster, President Medvedev instructed the government ‘to provide uninterrupted energy supply to industrial enterprises, social institutions and the population’. Apparently Rushydro will not raise its pr...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated her preference for Magna in its bid for Opel and described herself as ‘very skeptical’ about rival bidder RHJ International’s prospects. Finally some good news for ailing Lada-...
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