Russia

August 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 5, 2011

TODAY: Kaliningrad authorities seize newspaper calling for official resignation; Medvedev sends mixed signals on Georgia, warns Syrian president; Russia needs international courts; Sagra locals take law into their own hands; Khodorkovsky appeal tu...
August 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 4, 2011

Viktor Vekselberg has been accused of having links with a suspicious Moscow real estate deal.  On the growing Russian popularity of the U.S. chain Subway, which anticipates that it will surpass McDonalds in sales by next year.  The New York Times ...
August 4, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 4, 2011

Viktor Vekselberg has been accused of having links with a suspicious Moscow real estate deal.  On the growing Russian popularity of the U.S. chain Subway, which anticipates that it will surpass McDonalds in sales by next year.  The New York Times ...
August 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 4, 2011

TODAY: Prokhorov’s election campaign overshadowed by nationalist support; riverboat tragedies spark fleet check; arrest of United Russia lawmaker sought; Magnitsky evidence falsified, says lawyer; U.N. Libya statement nods to Russia; Medvedev and ...
August 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 4, 2011

TODAY: Prokhorov’s election campaign overshadowed by nationalist support; riverboat tragedies spark fleet check; arrest of United Russia lawmaker sought; Magnitsky evidence falsified, says lawyer; U.N. Libya statement nods to Russia; Medvedev and ...
August 3, 2011

Cardin List is Just the Beginning

The ever-piercing Yulia Latynina writes in today’s Moscow Times on the bold move of the U.S. government in implementing its Cardin list – a list of Russian officials now subject to U.S. sanctions for their suspected involvement in the ...
August 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 3, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev is flummoxed by the ‘administrative barriers’ that continue to crop up and hinder foreign investment, despite measures taken to reduce them.  Bloomberg TV will become the primary provider of business news for Russia’s 24-...
August 3, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 3, 2011

TODAY: Interior Minister calls for internet monitoring; no Russian support for Syria sanctions; Belarus will not respond to Putin’s comments about union; Magnitsky case reopened to clear officials?  Russia rejects Polish crash criticism; Nagorno-K...
August 2, 2011

The Election in Russia Does Not Matter

Interesting analysis in the Financial Times today from Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform, arguing that it doesn’t matter who becomes the next president of Russia. The next president is unlikely to allow a more plurali...
August 2, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Aug 2, 2011

An $800 million funding deal led by Russian venture capital firm DST Global will award Twitter with ‘the largest venture capital investment in history’.  The chairman of Goldman Sachs says that Russia has replaced Brazil as his top BRIC investment...