Yukos

January 16, 2014

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 16, 2014

TODAY: Central banker cries ‘stagflation’; Foreign Ministry slams EU society and economy; OECD slams Russian business climate; proposed law would allow police to search without warrant; Rosneft losing Yukos cases; Navalny asset seizure was lawful,...
January 13, 2014

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 13, 2014

TODAY: Poll names Putin as most admired; Khodorkovsky case troubling university; LUKoil faces hefty spill fine; Iran and Russia on verge of trade deal; Sochi protest zone location announced as police continue terror sweep; gay rights, Pussy Riot, ...
October 25, 2013

Khodorkovsky: Ten Years in Prison

In the ten years since Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested and imprisoned, it’s not just his young family members that have changed.  Russia’s economic and social landscapes have also changed, and not for the better.  Writing in the New ...
October 25, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2013

TODAY: EEC summit sees Russia rigid on barring Ukraine from Customs Union; LGBT writers plan to release ‘underground’ book; U.S. espionage accusations dismissed; tenth anniversary of imprisonment of former Yukos head; Kremlin wants Rosneft money; ...
October 25, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2013

TODAY: EEC summit sees Russia rigid on barring Ukraine from Customs Union; LGBT writers plan to release ‘underground’ book; U.S. espionage accusations dismissed; tenth anniversary of imprisonment of former Yukos head; Kremlin wants Rosneft money; ...
October 24, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2013

TODAY: Greenpeace charges softened; migration official proposes harsher penalties for employers of migrants; Putin to meet with Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts; health official made Medvedev aide; Pichugin sentence ruled lawful; Rusal oppose...
October 24, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2013

TODAY: Greenpeace charges softened; migration official proposes harsher penalties for employers of migrants; Putin to meet with Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts; health official made Medvedev aide; Pichugin sentence ruled lawful; Rusal oppose...
July 26, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 26, 2013

TODAY: European Court says Khodorkovsky trial not political, but sees violations; Navalny sentencing to be evaluated by rights council; September elections to be freer than usual; gay community urges vodka boycott; Kremlin approves financial stimu...
July 26, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 26, 2013

TODAY: European Court says Khodorkovsky trial not political, but sees violations; Navalny sentencing to be evaluated by rights council; September elections to be freer than usual; gay community urges vodka boycott; Kremlin approves financial stimu...
June 25, 2013

More Nails in Yukos Coffin

It is interesting to watch Rosneft’s fortunes rise as those of Yukos are in freefall. Rosneft’s landmark $60 billion deal with China this week marks a history of cooperation between the two, as it was Chinese banks that loaned Rosneft the $25 bill...