Russia

August 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 25, 2011

TODAY: Talks with North Korean leader could lead to suspended nuclear programme, debt repayments; Medvedev says no to compromise trade deal with Ukraine, calls for end to violence in Libya, opposes sanctions on Syria leader; Politkovskaya suspect ...
August 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 25, 2011

TODAY: Talks with North Korean leader could lead to suspended nuclear programme, debt repayments; Medvedev says no to compromise trade deal with Ukraine, calls for end to violence in Libya, opposes sanctions on Syria leader; Politkovskaya suspect ...
August 24, 2011

Breakthrough in the Politkovskaya Case?

Today Russian police announced the arrest former policeman Dmitry Pavliuchenkov, alleged to have been a key player in the 2006 assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.  Prosecutors say Pavliuchenkov may have been paid to use his position wi...
August 24, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 24, 2011

The new governor of the Tula region, Vladimir Gruzdev, has just sold his Moscow apartment for $50 million, as the house of his predecessor is raided in connection with bribery charges.  On Leskov, the Tula-based company whose camera platforms are ...
August 24, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 24, 2011

TODAY: Former police officer arrested in connection with Politkovskaya case, investigators may know who ordered her killing; Medvedev meets Kim Jong-Il; Russia opposes sanctions on Syria; A Just Russia proposes alliance with Communist Party; Matvi...
August 23, 2011

Putin’s “International Immunity”

This is quite an interesting little excerpt from Russia Monitor: Indeed, credible sources have reported that Putin’s handlers have approached European lawyers about the feasibility and logistics of obtaining international legal immunity (i.e., cri...
August 23, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 23, 2011

Alcohol abuse in Russia might be curtailed if the country had a stronger winemaking industry, says Dmitry Medvedev.  Over the past two months of European debt crisis, Russians have been turning to real estate as a safe haven for investment as conf...
August 23, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 23, 2011

TODAY: Murdered Mayor had exposed corruption; Matviyenko replaced with Putin ally; PARNAS registration denial upheld; Russia expresses hope for end of suffering in Libya as Lavrov blames NATO interference, rules out intervention in Syria; Nemtsov ...
August 23, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 23, 2011

TODAY: Murdered Mayor had exposed corruption; Matviyenko replaced with Putin ally; PARNAS registration denial upheld; Russia expresses hope for end of suffering in Libya as Lavrov blames NATO interference, rules out intervention in Syria; Nemtsov ...
August 22, 2011

Corporate Raiders

The transparency of the Skolkovo business center is cautiously praised in the FT today as a new start for business and technology; but behind the shiny façade of this new leaf in Russian business, murky dealings and takeovers continue.  John Bonar...