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June 23, 2009

Today in Russian Business – June 23, 2009

Bloomberg reports that rising oil prices will not encourage economic growth without a recovery in lending and the slump may therefore increase in the second quarter.  The head of the Bank of Russia has said that in June inflation will not exc...
June 23, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 23, 2009

TODAY: Yevkurov stable, investigation into assassination attempt opened; Medvedev about to take on Africa; US and Kyrgyzstan broker new deal on transit at Manas base; lack of OSCE monitors in Georgia may allow tension to boil over; Russia marks Da...
June 23, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 23, 2009

TODAY: Yevkurov stable, investigation into assassination attempt opened; Medvedev about to take on Africa; US and Kyrgyzstan broker new deal on transit at Manas base; lack of OSCE monitors in Georgia may allow tension to boil over; Russia marks Da...
June 22, 2009

Making History with Russia

I liked this line from Shevtsova’s MT article: Nevertheless, Obama might try to pull off something in Moscow that no other U.S. president has succeeded in doing: reaching an agreement with the Kremlin on issues of common interest and at the ...
June 22, 2009

Let’s Get Realistic about Telenor

Good ‘ole Norway.  You’d never hear a peep from them about human rights or democracy shortcomings over in Russia, and in exchange they are gifted with some large contracts for the state energy company.  Nobody ever said it wa...
June 22, 2009

Russian Arms for Taiwan

I have often argued that Russia’s friendship with China is more talk than it is substance (for example, Venezuela’s president has made twice as many trips to Moscow in recent years than China’s President Hu Jintao).  But thi...
June 22, 2009

Postcard from Brazil, the Once and Future Country

Having recently completed a week-long trip to the cities of São Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I am struck with several observations that relate to relations with Venezuela, Russia, and the international business community.  The...
June 22, 2009

Energy Blast – June 22, 2009

Russia and the Netherlands have ‘serious plans’ to increase their energy projects; Royal Dutch Shell is seeking involvement in the Yamal region.  The oil giant has made a discovery of natural gas in the Norwegian Sea that could be...
June 22, 2009

Today in Russian Business – June 22, 2009

A World Bank report has said that the Russian economy is contracting more than expected and ‘damaging waves’ are rippling through the whole of the ex-Soviet Union.  Vladimir Putin has signed a second anti-crisis plan to prepare fo...
June 22, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 22, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev gives positive signs to US on START; Ingushetia President critically ill after assassination attempt; Surkov backs multiparty cooperation; political art unwelcome at the Kremlin  Russia has announced that it is ready to ‘...