Russia

September 2, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 2, 2011

Year-on-year, complaints about banks violating privacy laws have grown.  Rosneft’s banking unit is set to replace Alfa Bank as the sole payment center for utilities.  The Defense Ministry is canceling $1 billion worth of arms contracts.  Russia st...
September 2, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 2, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev promises political reforms, Putin promises road check and internet freedom; President’s female supporters seek to spread the word; toxic bromine spill in Chelyabinsk sends residents to hospital. President Dmitry Medvedev is p...
September 1, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 1, 2011

Rock-bottom prices in Belarus are sending Russians across the border to buy up consumer goods, with ‘huge lines’ often ‘leading to brawls’.  $12.6 billion of government funds has been earmarked for road construction next year.  Russian Railways ma...
September 1, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Sept 1, 2011

Rock-bottom prices in Belarus are sending Russians across the border to buy up consumer goods, with ‘huge lines’ often ‘leading to brawls’.  $12.6 billion of government funds has been earmarked for road construction next year.  Russian Railways ma...
September 1, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 1, 2011

TODAY: Strategy 31 protesters detained; Russia recognises Libyan Transitional National Council; tandem speculations; dead police chief alleged corruption; Khodorkovsky parole request dampened; fake diplomas no longer cutting it. A dozen Strategy 3...
August 31, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 31, 2011

TODAY: Police downplay attack; Saratov Governor slammed by Putin; controversial charity wins suits; British MP calls for Magnitsky sanctions; indigenous community want rocket compensation; migrants workers brawl; Poltavchenko set to win St. Peters...
August 30, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 30, 2011

Sberbank will buy Austrian lender VBI for $850.3 million.  Belarus wants Sberbank to ease the conditions of its $2 billion loan for potash miner Belaruskali, as the country undergoes ‘unprecedented political and economic turmoil’.  The World Wildl...
August 29, 2011

Anti-Russia Sentiment on the Rise in Arab World

Australian newspaper The National has a summary translation of a column published in Al Hayat: Russia’s less-than-enthusiastic stance on the Arab Spring, and its high tolerance for repressive Arab regimes, raise many questions about Moscow&#...
August 29, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 29, 2011

What’s wrong with the space industry?  The recent string of failures is sparking concerns, whilst experts say that these ‘shouldn’t be generalized’.  The Bulava missile has had its ninth successful launch.  State statistics on large and mids...
August 29, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 29, 2011

What’s wrong with the space industry?  The recent string of failures is sparking concerns, whilst experts say that these ‘shouldn’t be generalized’.  The Bulava missile has had its ninth successful launch.  State statistics on large and mids...