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Rallies Dim Business Hopes for Stability
06 February 12
By Anatoly Medetsky and Howard Amos
A record turnout at the weekend's opposition rally prompted economists Monday to predict a longer period of political uncertainty for business and the chance of a runoff in the presidential election.
Farmers Get $645M Fuel Discount
05 February 12
A company half-owned by BP and several other major oil companies will sacrifice more profits to support farmers this year thanks to a Cabinet decree published Friday.
Pro-Putin Film Twists Foes' Words
02 February 12
Distinguished opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov excoriated the government in a documentary aired Wednesday night on state-controlled Channel One.
Q&A: Skrynnik Sets 7 Growth Records in Agriculture
02 February 12
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.
Hints Emerge That 'Reset' Is Buoying U.S. Firms
01 February 12
In a possible sign of increased business activity amid the "reset" in U.S.-Russian ties, a U.S. government agency that assists U.S. companies enter and expand in Russia has seen an increase in demand over the past year.
Gazprom No Longer Profit Leader
01 February 12
Gazprom said Wednesday that it expects to rake in almost $40 billion in last year's profit, a big increase from 2010 but not enough to stop ExxonMobil from spurting into the lead again as the world's most profitable publicly traded energy company.
Putin Presses for More 'Full-Cycle' Farming
31 January 12
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the government should introduce incentives for an increase in dairy production as imports grow.
Tatarstan Backing New Clean Technology Fund
31 January 12
A fund that will rely heavily on Russian money to invest in clean technology has raised the planned 110 million euros ($145.3 million) in capital from its two founders as it prepares to announce its first deal later this year.
Politics Mixes in at Davos
29 January 12
Shuvalov's comments came after two public rallies in Moscow last month, the biggest in about two decades, which prompted President Dmitry Medvedev to introduce bills in a bid to loosen the Kremlin's grip on the political opposition. Some protesters, however, demanded more, including new elections of the State Duma.
Elected Governors To Benefit Investors
20 January 12
The pending bill reintroducing gubernatorial elections may loosen the top-down political system and inject a fair amount of rivalry among regional powerhouses, but it could be investors who gain from that future thaw.
E-Payments Lobby Formed
18 January 12
Visa, MasterCard and payment services provider Zolotaya Korona on Wednesday established a lobby group as the government steps up regulation of the electronic payments market.
Elections a Windfall for Electronics Manufacturers
15 January 12
Rallies against election fraud delivered an unforeseen bonus of at least $137 million to IT manufacturers such as Lenovo and Fujitsu, as the government moves full steam ahead to ensure online monitoring of the March presidential vote.
Zubkov to Head Up Financial Crimes Task Force
12 January 12
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to create and head a task force to fight financial crime, including money-laundering.
Officers Seen Misrepresenting Income
11 January 12
Officers of the armed and security forces widely flout the law by doing business or cheating in their mandatory income statements.
Russia in WTO: Pig Farmers Bracing For Changes in Trade
07 December 11
Russia's longest transition period to lower its import duties in compliance with WTO commitments will be for pork, but pig farmers don't feel protected.
Customs Rules Miss WTO Mark
07 December 11
The Federal Customs Service could have to change some of its internal regulations that bog down foreign trade, following Russia's accession to the WTO.
If State Builds It, Foreign Investors Will Come
07 December 11
As if tax relief isn't alluring enough, the government's Special Economic Zones now offers new services to net international firms. Investors no longer have to build their own facilities, but can ask the company to do it for them.
Investors Upbeat About New Duma
06 December 11
United Russia won enough seats to usher government-sponsored bills through the State Duma, but the decline in popular support for the ruling party as revealed by Sunday's elections will likely have consequences that reach beyond law making.
Little Partying for Opposition, But Plenty of Work
05 December 11
With Yabloko expected to win less than 3 percent of Sunday's vote, there was little talk of election results at the liberal party's headquarters, and Yabloko leader Sergei Mitrokhin told The Moscow Times the atmosphere there was "business-like."
WTO Will Be Painless for Agriculture Sector
01 December 11
Russian farmers will not have to go on a painful fiscal diet under the accession terms that the World Trade Organization approved for the country.
Minsk Gets $2Bln Gas Discount
28 November 11
Gazprom on Friday agreed to slash its gas price for Belarus as the two neighbors prepare tomove their economies closer next year. Gazprom will charge Belarus $165.60 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas next year, down from $244 this quarter.
Pipeline to Carry 15% Of Output
25 November 11
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed off on a plan to build a $3.6 billion Arctic pipeline to new oil fields that could produce a sizable share of Russia's output by the end of the decade.
Tax Structure Could Shift to Help Regions
22 November 11
Kremlin economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich proposed on Monday that the government consider introducing a sales tax to replace the backbone of federal finances, the value-added tax.
Customs Union Forming Closer Ties
21 November 11
Russia and its customs union partners, Belarus and Kazakhstan, on Friday signed a declaration seeking to reinstate even more of the bonds — possibly even a common currency — that snapped with the Soviet collapse.
Germans Get to Business With Putin
17 November 11
German business executives sought to improve their chances at Russian tenders and saluted Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's intention to run for president again as they met with him.
Putin Pledges Slow Change
14 November 11
A restaurant in this elite neighborhood outside Moscow served dinner Friday to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and an international group of Russia pundits, whose conversation started out with words about civil war and stagnation.
New York Exchange Seeks More Customers
11 November 11
A growing number of Russian companies are looking at New York rather than London to float shares, the head of international listings at New York Stock Exchange Euronext said Thursday.
Trade With Brazil Gains Momentum
07 November 11
Russian companies are making strong inroads into Brazil, a fellow BRIC economy that has long lain out of its range of interest. The Kremlin said Russia's trade with Brazil is expected to grow almost 20 percent compared with last year.
Russia and Georgia Strike WTO Deal
03 November 11
Russia has reached an agreement with Georgia on a bilateral deal that paves the way for its much-anticipated entry into the World Trade Organization.
Lone Private Gun Maker Targets Locals
02 November 11
Alexei Sorokin skipped this year's ultimate competition for rifle fans in North Lawrence, Ohio. He was putting the finishing touches on the country's only private factory that designs and produces its own brand of hunting, sporting and sniper rifles.
