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Investors Give Rallies Mixed Reviews
By Howard Amos
Climate was a recurring theme at a forum Thursday with government officials and investors discussing Moscow's severe frost and the impact next month's presidential election will have on the business environment.
VimpelCom to Boost Service at Rally
Besides the bitter cold, demonstrators and observers at Saturday's opposition rally could once again be facing quality issues with telecommunication services.
Rusnano Still Planning to Sell 10% of Company
The Moscow Times
Rusnano still plans to sell 10 percent of shares to investors in 2012 and expects the proceeds to be reinvested in the company.
Facebook IPO Could Boost Mail.ru
The Moscow Times
Shares of Internet company Mail.ru Group could rise as a result of the initial public offering planned by social-networking site Facebook.
January Oil Production Achieves New High
Reuters
Oil output from Russia hit a record high last month thanks to higher pumping rates at Rosneft and Gazprom.
Statoil Mulls Iraqi Field Sale to LUKoil
Reuters
Norway's Statoil wants to sell its stake in the West Qurna-2 oilfield to LUKoil and the Iraqi oil ministry has no objection "in principle."
Businessmen Cautious About Protest
By Howard Amos
As Moscow braces itself for this weekend's street demonstration against disputed December elections, Russian businessmen on Wednesday expressed their disquiet with the protest movement and the goals articulated by its leaders.
For MT
Q&A: Skrynnik Sets 7 Growth Records in Agriculture
There's much glitter in Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik's reception area. Some of the sheen emanates from a gold-colored frame around a full-length mirror. More radiates from a nearby silvery imitation of an apple tree with shiny white fruit.
- Alstom Gets $500M Order
- CEDC Considers Proposal
- Yug Rusi Studying IPO
- National Funds Rising
- For the Record
- Gazprom Not 2011 Profit Leader
- Analysis: Taxes May Be Real Challenge to Putin
- $6Bln in Weapons Sales a Factor in Syria
- Minister Khristenko Resigns
- Muscovites Drive Alone
- Surveys Add to Shelf
- Trader Leaves for Banya
- Production Growth Slows
Families Worry Rig Tragedy Being Swept Away
As the anti-election fraud protest at Prospekt Akademika Sakharova raged around her, Yelena Bogush seemed out of place.
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A More Realistic Vision of Russia's Greatness
Perhaps the central message of the collapse of Soviet communism can be summed up as follows: If it is to survive and flourish on the world stage, Russia needs to develop a different kind of realpolitik.
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Russia - France 2011
Companies from France make up a sizable part of Russia’s business fabric, and French firms' strategies are covered in-depth in this supplement. What's more, for the first time in our country supplement magazines, you can view the extent of French business activity by federal district in a specially designed map.
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SalansMarat Mouradov has joined Salans' Moscow office as a partner and head of the Russian Competition Law Practice
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Court Decision Rocks Intragroup Finance PracticeSalans
In early January, the Russian Federation's Supreme Arbitration Court published Presidium Ruling No. 8654/11 in the case of OAO Coal Company Severny Kuzbass. One of the main issues in the case was the application of Russian thin capitalization rules (in Article 269.2 of the Tax Code) in view of the nondiscrimination provisions of double taxation treaties.
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