Novatek, Russia’s largest independent gas producer, plans to raise up to $1 billion via a syndicated loan to fund organic growth and acquisitions. Bulgaria and Russia are to sign a €4 billion ($5.95 billion) contract to build a nuclear plant in no...
In these days of bitter conflicts between the United Kingdom and Russia, it seems that many have forgotten about all the qualities these two great nations share – such as disappointing scores on the 2008 Heritage Index of Economic Freedom. T...
In case you were worried that Germany had lost its sense of humor over current events in Russia. The silliness and irreverence below really don’t require any commentary…
There’s an interesting new analytical piece from Robert Coalson at RFE/RL which takes a look at the use of administrative resources to support the presidential campaign of Dmitri Medvedev. The Deputy Prime Minister, whom a new poll declares ...
If I have to see one more newspaper copyeditor thinking he or she is clever by using the headline “From Russia with X”, I think my head will explode. However something tells me there will be many more abusive references to the James Bo...
Well, it’s official. The UK-Russia spat over the British Council has become the story of the week, which at least in my perspective is a disappointing distraction from other issues. I have spent a bit of time reading over the coverage of the...
The Financial Times is carrying a story today on the situation of Vasily Alexanyan, the former Yukos general counsel who has been denied urgent medical care while in Russian custody. This blog first reported the story here and here. Yukos official...
Here’s a brief translation of an interesting item from Vedomosti: Russians were delighted to find out whom they would elect as president in March, show the results of a “Levada-Center” survey. The fact that the future president w...
Sweden-listed oil firm West Siberian Resources has signed a preliminary agreement to buy Alliance Oil in a stock deal valuing the Russian firm at about $1.5 billion. Gazprom is planning to boost energy cooperation with Iran, and an offer is to be ...
Russia’s VTB Bank says that Swiss trading company Noga has won a French court order against it to freeze company accounts. Moscow’s Foreign Ministry has issued a formal complaint to France as a result. A lawyer for the Bank of New York Mellon aske...
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