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September 15, 2008

Energy Blast – Sept 15, 2008

Italy’s Enel and United Co. Rusal are in talks to build a new power unit for Enel’s OGK-5 generating plant near the Ural Mountains. The head of Enel says he sees no political risks for his business in Russia. Tensions in the oil markets are relaxi...
September 15, 2008

Today in Russian Business – Sept 15, 2008

Russian companies are struggling to refinance a backlog of $45bn in foreign debt, as the debt market shuts to third-tier borrowers and the cost of borrowing increases by over 2%. The crisis is apparently causing business leaders to back complaints...
September 15, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 15, 2008

TODAY: Lavrov in Abkhazia, Nato in Georgia; Moldovan separatists heartened by Moscow’s position on Georgia’s breakaway regions; Aeroflot crash kills all passengers; journalists under scrutiny; refreshing Russia’s contemporary art. Georgia ha...
September 12, 2008

Grigory Pasko: The Bridges of Vladivostok

Investors aren’t burning with desire Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. First such a report from the RIA Novosti agency: Prime minister of the RF Vladimir Putin is demanding th...
September 12, 2008

Gazprom’s African Pipeline

Adam Wolfe is blogging about a favorite topic of mine today: Russia’s intrepid (and worrying) push into African energy. The ultimate goal for Russia would be a gas pipeline from Nigeria, through Niger, ending at Algeria’s export termin...
September 12, 2008

Russia’s Potemkin Juries

This is unbelievable: Moscow government wants to hand pick juries MOSCOW (AP) – Moscow’s city government is pushing for federal legislation to give major Russian cities the authority to hand pick juries for trials, officials and lawyer...
September 12, 2008

Markelov: Ingushetia and the Caucasus

From time to time, we receive occasional contributions from the highly respected Russian human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who heads up Russia’s Rule of Law Institute. His most recent piece focused on the Olympics and the war. Mandator...
September 12, 2008

The Boris Tadic Line

Interesting analysis from the Economist: To endow this idea with more political weight, some diplomats think that Georgia might be given the equivalent of the European road maps being followed by Balkan countries, though without (for now) a promis...
September 12, 2008

Mr. Medvedev’s Neighborhood

Russia’s suggestive banter may have some overtones of childish games, but it’s clear they really want to produce some different outcomes in their talks with the West by bringing up these threats. From the IHT: “Our neighbors are ...
September 12, 2008

South Park Siloviki

Here’s an interesting bit from Jossip: Along with blue jeans and Bruce Springsteen, a new American commodity is being controversially exported to the Motherland. South Park, which sparked controversy and loud public cries for it’s remo...