Today the New York Times has a short piece on the Cyprus court decision refusing to extradite former Yukos executive Vladislav Kartashov, a decision which “further undermined the legitimacy of a Russian legal challenge” by declaring th...
Fear of a global oil shortage within five years has “propelled oil futures prices to well above $130 a barrel.” It is thought that top Russian energy officials could sign a cooperation agreement on nuclear power with China during President Dmitry ...
Russia’s Center for Political Technologies says the main problem afflicting the country’s economy is corporate raiders using illegal means to seize companies and assets from their rightful owners. Severstal has made a rival bid for US steel ...
TODAY: Medvedev adviser indicates that power still lies with Putin; Russia calls EULEX mission in Kosovo “illegal”; Iran closely following Syrian military meetings with Moscow; corruption threatening growth; Alexander Lugovoi interview; changes in...
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of visiting the Petroleum Club of Houston to give a short presentation on the comparative investment environments of Venezuela and Nigeria for the World Affairs Council. It turned out to be a fortuitous day to be...
The troubles just don’t seem to stop for TNK-BP in Russia – not even after the inauguration of Medvedev and the theoretical “end” to the instability and infighting of the clans. We’ve blogged about the state’s a...
The big words on reforming the justice system continue to come from Russia’s new president: “Our main target is to make sure that courts are independent,” Medvedev told a Kremlin meeting with top officials. “There is a prin...
It’s one thing to talk about censorship and a lacking freedom of the press – it’s altogether another item to talk about aggressively using media for the dissemination of propaganda. In today’s Washington Post, Masha Lipman ...
Breaking news from the FT: Russia loses extradition bid By Catherine Belton A Cyprus court has refused to extradite a former senior Yukos executive to Russia, saying that the case is politically-motivated. Judge Alecos Panayiotou refused Russia...
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