Призма Путина: Проблемы России нельзя решить без кардинального изменения политики Авторы: Йен Прайд и Сюзанн Стаффорд Специально для Письма Инвесторам, Diamond Age Russia Fund В то время, как 2014 год, […]
Read MoreIan Pryde, Founder & CEO of Eurasia Strategy & Communications, is to present a seminar at the Canada-Eurasia-Russia Business Association (CERBA): “Russia’s Future Prospects & Russia in Comparison with Emerging […]
Read MoreMichael Harms, Chairman of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce, is bullish on doing business in Russia, but encourages foreign investors to take the long view of working in the country. What are some of the general challenges of working on the […]
Read MoreAccording to a survey on the Russian business climate carried out by the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce in September 2013, two-thirds of German companies working in Russia remain affected by trade restrictions despite Russia’s accession to the W.T.O. Even […]
Read MoreI noted in my last blog that Russia had imprisoned hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs and that it finally needed to start trusting its own people. And lo! President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the annual St. Petersburg International […]
Read MoreOn June 18, 2013, President Putin warned that government revenues would be less than previously expected and that the budget policy for 2014-2016 had to be planned accordingly. He also said that while revenues from natural […]
Read MoreOn March 15, 2013, the Financial Times published an article on “Moscow’s new art centers — A tour of the hotspots of a creative renaissance that could lift Moscow’s profile as a cutting-edge destination.” The article highlights the capital city’s edgy […]
Read MoreIn the third quarter of 2012, the economy chalked up its 55th straight quarter of growth and surprised analysts on the upside by growing 7.1 percent. The economy has apparently stabilized at 5 to 6 percent per annum recently, but the Finance Ministry […]
Read MoreIn his writeup of this year’s gathering of politicians and businessmen in Davos (“Complacency in a Leaderless, Multipolar World,” The Moscow Times, Feb. 12, 2013), Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz quotes with apparent approval a development expert who claimed […]
Read MoreLast weekend marked a year until the end of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. One of the reasons that both the International Olympic Committee and FIFA, the governing body of world football, often award countries the venue for these huge […]
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