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Articles by Alexander Bekker
$100Bln Bill for Land Puts RSPP in a Lather
10 June 03
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
The Property Ministry has recommended that business owners purchase the real estate on which their enterprises are located before Jan. 1, but the nation's biggest business lobby group, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, or RSPP, says doing so would cost investors $100 billion.
Kasyanov Takes Control of 66 State Companies
30 January 03
By Alexander Bekker and Alexei Nikolsky / Vedomosti
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday plucked control of the country's 66 state-owned firms from the Property Ministry in a move intended to combat corruption in the bureaucracy.
Business Inspectors Ordered to Unite
31 May 02
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin has ordered Russia's business inspection services under one roof.
Gaidar Sees End to Post-Socialist Depression
14 November 01
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
Yegor Gaidar was one of the two deputy prime ministers in Boris Yeltsin's first Cabinet and the reforms of ten years ago are still remembered as Gaidar's reforms.
Statistics Committee Overhauls Calculations
21 June 01
By Alexander Bekker and Yulia Ulyanova / Vedomosti
The State Statistics Committee has changed the methodology it uses to measure economic performance.
Kiselyov: 'NTV Is United Like Never Before'
21 March 01
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
Itogi anchor Yevgeny Kiselyov wears many hats. Vedomosti recently talked to the businessman who is general director of NTV.
$1Bln World Bank Loan Possible by July
30 January 01
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
While the majority of analysts have written off the possibility of Russia receiving foreign loans this year, the World Bank apparently has not.
Kolotukhin Demystifies Paris Club Dialogue
17 January 01
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
It seems the Paris Club isn’t prepared to cut Russia any slack with its Soviet-era debt. Sergei Kolotukhin doesn’t think there is anything extraordinary about this.
Khristenko Steers Through Ukraine's Gas Jam
10 January 01
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
Five months after they started meeting, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko have found a way out of the eight-year gas deadlock.
Shulavov Reining in the Cabinet Administration
19 December 00
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
As the head of the prime minister's internal administration, Igor Shuvalov controls an organization that has poisoned the lives and careers of many a government official.
World Bank Introduces New Director for Russia
16 December 00
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
After a whirlwind five-year tour of duty as the World Bank's director for Russia, Michael Carter is stepping down.
Kasyanov Delays Oil Tax Overhaul
15 December 00
By Alexander Bekker and Yelizaveta Osetinskaya / Vedomosti
At a tense meeting Wednesday, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov backed off a threat to raise taxes on the nation’s oil firms and settled for a 40 percent hike in export tariffs.
Kasyanov: UES, Gazprom Off Limits
08 December 00
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
The state-owned stakes in Gazprom and national power grid Unified Energy Systems will not be used to settle some of Russia's $43 billion Soviet-era debts to the Paris Club.
Kudrin, Khristenko Clash Over Oil Profits
30 November 00
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
A conflict is brewing between Deputy Prime Ministers Alexei Kudrin and Viktor Khristenko over the question of oil companies' profits.
Gazprom Plan Gives Kiev Political Pains
24 October 00
By Alexander Bekker / Vedomosti
The conditions under which Russia will agree to supply gas to Ukraine could cause a political crisis.
