Russia

September 15, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 15, 2011

Trade between Russia and China could hit $70 billion this year, with Vladimir Putin anticipating exponential growth until 2020.  Russian Railways is nearing completion of a tender for four international consortiums to build a high-speed rail link ...
September 15, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 15, 2011

TODAY: Prokhorov accuses Kremlin of shady dealings, critics call it a publicity stunt; spat over EU election monitors; Kadyrov wins 100% of vote; Esquire editor steps down; polls suggest Putin presidency, apathy towards Medvedev; comedy sketch par...
September 14, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 14, 2011

Alexander Lebedev has launched a lawsuit in Moscow claiming $11.6 million in damages to his business reputation resulting from the raid on his National Reserve Bank last year.  The next government will have to raise taxes, says Finance Minister Al...
September 14, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 14, 2011

Alexander Lebedev has launched a lawsuit in Moscow claiming $11.6 million in damages to his business reputation resulting from the raid on his National Reserve Bank last year.  The next government will have to raise taxes, says Finance Minister Al...
September 14, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 14, 2011

TODAY: Russia denounces lack of progress in NATO missile talks; Britain rejects Litvinenko offer; Yak-42 crash leaves one survivor; Sochi residents protest eviction and demolition; Anna Politkovskaya; Khodorkovsky pretrial detention was illegal; L...
September 13, 2011

Russia’s Competing Visions of Diversity

A Good Treaty has published a blog post responding to Ellen Barry’s New York Times piece commenting on a recent speech given by Dmitry Medvedev at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum.  Contrasting his comments with the hardline “rejectio...
September 13, 2011

Russia’s Competing Visions of Diversity

A Good Treaty has published a blog post responding to Ellen Barry’s New York Times piece commenting on a recent speech given by Dmitry Medvedev at the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum.  Contrasting his comments with the hardline “rejectio...
September 13, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 13, 2011

Russia is a ‘terrible, terrible place to do business,’ says William Browder.  The fight against corruption is designed to ‘restore order in our economy’, rather than to entice foreign investors, says Dmitry Medvedev – if corruption was a key...
September 12, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 12, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised $2.2 billion to state-owned Uralvagonzavod, which produces railcars and armoured vehicles.  Media reports are claiming that up to a third of consumer items, including clothes, perfume, cigarettes, househo...
September 12, 2011

RA’s Daily News Blast – Sept 12, 2011

TODAY: All eyes on British PM’s visit to Russia; Kremlin proposes new flight safety measures; Medvedev’s Yaroslavl speech disappoints; Yabloko founder to return for Duma elections; Kremlin criticises Kadyrov. The Kremlin is trying to dumb down ant...