Russia

January 31, 2012

Syria’s Russian Keys

Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has just criticised the U.N.’s latest draft resolution on Syria as incapable of achieving a compromise, and says that any attempt to push it ‘is a path to civil war‘.  Russia is now Syria&#...
January 31, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 31, 2012

A decline in Iranian steel imports, the result of international sanctions, could affect the profits of Russian steelmakers, with Magnitogorsk and Evraz likely to lose the most.  The $10 billion Russia Direct Investment Fund has pledged its first f...
January 31, 2012

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

TODAY: World powers urge Russia not to block Syria measures; Syria denies Russian claim that it has agreed to talks; opposition leaders on state television; Golos says Putin is main violator of electoral process; teachers ordered to march for Puti...
January 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 30, 2012

Vladimir Putin is calling for a 10-year program to increase investment in science and technology research, and says that the ‘ideology’ of state control over businesses should be restricted.  Lawmakers do not want the Customs Union to lift a ban o...
January 30, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 30, 2012

Vladimir Putin is calling for a 10-year program to increase investment in science and technology research, and says that the ‘ideology’ of state control over businesses should be restricted.  Lawmakers do not want the Customs Union to lift a ban o...
January 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 30, 2012

TODAY: Sunday motorists protest the Kremlin, Putin supporters gather on Saturday; Duma backs off on Churov; Yabloko says newspaper office attacked, files lawsuit over Yavlinsky bid; doctor charged over Trifonova death; Agora’s 850 counts of activi...
January 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 30, 2012

TODAY: Sunday motorists protest the Kremlin, Putin supporters gather on Saturday; Duma backs off on Churov; Yabloko says newspaper office attacked, files lawsuit over Yavlinsky bid; doctor charged over Trifonova death; Agora’s 850 counts of activi...
January 26, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 26, 2012

Without mentioning the Jackon-Vanik amendment explicitly, U.S. President Barack Obama has called on lawmakers to approve permanent normal trade relations with Russia, with Michael McFaul indicating afterwards that it will be repealed.  The First D...
January 26, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 26, 2012

TODAY: Moscow agrees to protest rally, opposition reject proposed route; Putin rails against U.S.; election observers plan their moves; draft law to ban ‘extremists’ from teaching; presidential candidate list finalised; Medvedev Q&A at Moscow ...
January 25, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 25, 2012

Corporate law firms are actively seeking out foreign companies based in Russia in a bid to help them win back tax money amid claims of ‘tax discrimination’.  Russia needs more qualified workers: ‘No matter how well we organize our demographic poli...