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April 8, 2008

The Deal of the Century

…or at least one of them. To whom will Prokhorov’s stake in Norilsk fall? So far everything has been civil in this epic business drama, with the normal use of lawyers and contracts instead of bureaucratic favors, but many are wondering...
April 8, 2008

Video: Bush Meets Putin

Here is an interesting bit of raw news footage, without commentary, of the Putin-Bush meeting.
April 8, 2008

Today in Russian Business – April 8, 2008

Yesterday the largest ever private equity deal in Russian history was announced, as TPG, the U.S. leveraged-buyout giant, is buying half of SIA International Ltd., a major pharmaceutical distributor in Russia, for $800 million. Finance Minister Al...
April 8, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 8, 2008

Today: The race for global position technology, Sergei Storchak emerges in court, Russia sends the first Korean to space, dividing the Ukraine, a question about missiles, and a wave of hate crimes. Today the Financial Times reports that a new thre...
April 7, 2008

More Intervention and Higher Tariffs in Russia’s Economy

Here’s an interesting outlook on the Russian economy from an analyst at Credit Suisse. More expropriations, greater regulation, and higher tariffs to come… Financial Times: Government intervention in Russia should be a focus for the st...
April 7, 2008

Predicting the Future of Russia

There’s an interesting post over at the Foreign Policy Passport blog about a conference in Salzburg dedicated to figuring out what Russia will be like in 2020. Blake Hounshell writes “If oil-company CEOs can’t predict the future ...
April 7, 2008

Confronting the Kremlin

This opinion column appeared in the International Herald Tribune on Friday before President George Bush and Vladimir Putin “danced” together at the Sochi summit. The author, Oksana Chelysheva, is a journalist and director of the Nizhny...
April 7, 2008

Energy Blast, April 7, 2008

On Friday, BP’s CEO Tony Hayward met with executives of Russian oil major Rosneft this week, including its powerful chairman Igor Sechin. Hayward said it was a regular meeting to discuss joint projects with the Russian company, while others ...
April 7, 2008

Today in Russian Business

Russia’s second largest mobile phone operator VimpelCom became the first carrier to offer the popular BlackBerry mobile email service in the country – a technology which has previously been slowed to market by regulatory hurdles and ot...
April 7, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 7, 2008

Today: Putin gets a new job, Bush plays nice in Sochi, South Korea and Russia agree on North Korea projects, more spy games in London, and Europe pressures Moscow on human rights in Chechnya. Despite sweeping several elections on an independent ti...