It is official Russian policy to push oil companies to acquire downstream assets outside of Russia, and with a wave of mergers and acquisitions set to sweep European refineries... Read more
His casual but deliberate comment at the meeting with members of the Valdai Club three weeks ago has sparked speculation about whether Medvedev might run against his mentor. Wi... Read more
Russia, the most important country outside the W.T.O., has been pursuing membership for 16 years. In 2004, the country signed a trade deal with the European Union to pave the way for its adm... Read more
There, at probably Europe’s main source of energy, he assumed his new role of chief salesman, urging the companies to help Gazprom develop new gas fields in one of the world’s ha... Read more
Addressing more than 800 top foreign and local investors at VTB Capital’s forum on Tuesday, Prime Minister Putin underlined Russia’s commitment to a market economy, despite conce... Read more
MOSCOW — Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir V. Putin, whose government took control of several oil companies when he served as president, gave a speech Tuesday saying the s... Read more
With the world nearing crisis mode over the Iranian nuclear initiative, what support can the United States expect from the USSR? Yevgeny Primakov held three of the top positions in th... Read more
The ministry has prepared a document, a copy of which was obtained by Vedomosti, spelling out how the state will support cities that are overreliant on one industry. The plans include an alg... Read more
The much anticipated leadership changes in Russia and in the United States have begun bearing the first fruit. Both presidents have unequivocally stated that they would seek a new start in b... Read more
Igor Shuvalov, Russia’s liberal deputy prime minister, threw down the gauntlet to the country’s powerful energy and metallobbies yesterday, saying several years of low com... Read more
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