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September 7, 2012

Highlights from Putin’s RT Interview

We have compiled some highlights from Vladimir Putin’s interview with Russia Today, which was broadcast yesterday.  This is Putin’s first interview since his inauguration, and as such, covers some of the hottest Russian news topics fro...
September 7, 2012

QOTD: Putin Fathers Endangered Cranes

‘Birds have small brains.  With basic disguising, the young cranes are perfectly happy to accept rigid wings, engines and even Russian presidents as mummy and daddy.’
September 6, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 6, 2012

TODAY: Gazprom hits back at European Commission as share price falls; Putin gives interview, flies with cranes; Rosneft begins construction of Far East petrochemicals plant; beverage company investigated on Berezovsky links; Iran to take control o...
September 6, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 6, 2012

TODAY: Gazprom hits back at European Commission as share price falls; Putin gives interview, flies with cranes; Rosneft begins construction of Far East petrochemicals plant; beverage company investigated on Berezovsky links; Iran to take control o...
September 3, 2012

Taisiya Osipova: Victim of Russian Justice

As the Pussy Riot storm passes out of the public eye somewhat, more press attention is focusing on the case of Taisiya (or Taisia) Osipova, who has been given an eight-year prison sentence – twice that recommended by her prosecutors – ...
September 3, 2012

Taisiya Osipova: Victim of Russian Justice

As the Pussy Riot storm passes out of the public eye somewhat, more press attention is focusing on the case of Taisiya (or Taisia) Osipova, who has been given an eight-year prison sentence – twice that recommended by her prosecutors – ...
August 31, 2012

Oleg Deripaska on Siberia’s Untapped Potential

Oleg Deripaska, oligarch and CEO of both Basic Element and RUSAL, has a column in today’s Financial Times about the untapped potential of Siberia which is so great, he says, that it puts Russia’s east ‘at the new centre of the world economy’.  Or ...
August 31, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 31, 2012

TODAY: Suspect explains Pussy Riot blood slogan; Gudkov opens his business up to scrutiny; Berezovsky/Abramovich verdict expected today; Arctic strategies; The Simpsons to be banned under new law. According to investigators, the man who confessed ...
August 30, 2012

New Auto Import Tax Rankles EU

Russia’s automobile industry is getting a lot of attention this week after General Motors Co and Volkswagen both announced separate investments of  $1 billion and €1 billion respectively, over the next five years.  It turns out that Japan...
August 30, 2012

Is China Wearing Out its Welcome in Africa?

Only a few years ago, China stormed the world stage with its hugely expanded footprint in Africa. Now with India, Brazil, and new private equity players competing in the same space, does Beijing still have the soft power to dominate these fast ri...