By Citizen M | Published: August 23, 2010
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Norilsk Nickel this week amid the Vladimir Potanin / Oleg Deripaska shareholder dispute that has been ongoing at the company since June.
Reuters reports that ‘
Putin […] is believed to personally oversee all significant business deals in Russia and his visit may finally bring a solution to the conflict.‘ Putin, meanwhile, has attacked the management techniques of Volgograd City Hall and called for the
total eradication of corruption. Ebay estimates that Russia’s current online retail market is worth
around $5 billion, but says that it could soon quadruple. RIA Novosti reports on the
Moldovan wine feud. Russia Today, the news organ financed by the Russian government, is apparently making
serious inroads into US cable television markets. The sowing of next season’s harvest is
still being delayed as farmers wait for more rain, and
analysts are questioning the Agriculture Ministry’s insistence that there will be no grain imports this year. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service is investigating six bread producers for
raising prices during the drought.