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Orthodox Diplomacy

For the first time the metropolitan Lavr, head of the [...]

Subscribers only 13.05.2004

Moscow - No To Private Pipelines

Responding to a letter from the Union of Oil Exporters [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 22.04.2004

Lukoil Positions Itself in Iraq

Despite the hostility of the U.S-led coalition and suspicions of corruption weighing on Russian oil companies which had dealings with Saddam Hussein, Lukoil has managed to get a toe-hold in Iraq.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 08.04.2004

Moscow - Arms For Yemen

Less than 18 months after a visit to Moscow in [...]

Subscribers only 08.04.2004

Echoes of Yeltsin Years

The name of Konstantin Kogalovsky figures on a list of [...]

Subscribers only 08.04.2004

Yuri Zaostrovtsev

A senior colonel in the Russian intelligence agency Fededal'naya Sluzba [...]

Subscribers only 25.03.2004

MOSCOW
Mystery Behind Curtis' Death

There's a good chance it will never be known whether the helicopter crash that killed British lawyer Stephen Curtis on March 4 was an accident or an act of sabotage. But his death came at an extremely critical point in the Yukos affair.

Subscribers only 11.03.2004

Spotlight | POLITICS
Vladimir Putin a New Oligarch ?

The subtle power game that enabled Vladimir Putin to run Russia during his first presidential mandate has ended. The game helped him to steer between conflicting political pressure exercised on one side by the "liberal" oligarchs who made their fortune [.

Subscribers only 26.02.2004

WEAK SIGNALS
Moscow - BP "Black report" on TNK

A lot of covetous eyes are now trained on a [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 15.01.2004

MOSCOW
Exxon Could Grab Sibneft

U.S. oil companies haven't dropped the idea of breaking into the Russian market. The planned merger between Yukos and Sibneft would have benefited Chevron but now the merger is off it could be Exxon's turn to win big.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 11.12.2003

MOSCOW
Putin's Man in Switzerland

The battle to win control of Yukos and a good part of Russia's oil industry is raging behind the scenes between players who are intent on remaining in the shadows.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 27.11.2003

INFLUENCE
Who are the "Siloviki" ?

Behind the Yukos affair lie huge political, economic and strategic stakes which have been in play for months in Russia. Vladimir Putin is trying to retain the role of arbiter between high-profile ?liberals? and ?nationalists?

Subscribers only 13.11.2003

Spotlight | TAX EVASION
Yukos' Web of Offshore Companies

In the wake of last weekend's arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, boss of the Russian oil group Yukos, police and Russian interior ministry (MVD) investigators are continuing to unravel the mechanism that enabled the oligarch to win control of the firm [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 30.10.2003

MOSCOW
Yukos and its Showcase Board

How to pick a board of directors for a big corporation anxious to present itself to the stock exchange, media and political leaders as a model of transparency and good governance?

Subscribers only 30.10.2003

MOSCOW
Euro Gains Favor in Russia

The much-mooted Paris-Berlin-Moscow link isn't only political in nature. It's now becoming an economic reality and president Vladimir Putin seems only too happy about that.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 30.10.2003

Proliferation

With the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) coming up for modification [...]

Subscribers only 02.10.2003

MOSCOW
Converting Subs into Tankers

How can obsolete Russian nuclear submarines be converted to serve a new purpose? The answer: by transforming them into tankers to sail under the North Pole.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 03.07.2003

DIPLOMACY
Rival Security Deals for Central Asia

In the past two weeks, Moscow and Washington have found themselves competing openly to offer the Central Asian nations a good security deal. A new organization, CSTO, has sprung up to keep the area under Russian influence.

Subscribers only 22.05.2003

MOSCOW
Setback for Transneft's Lobbyists

A major shift in Russia's oil industry has taken place since the Kremlin endorsed the construction of a new oil [...]

Subscribers only 09.05.2003

MOSCOW > BAGHDAD
How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

Diplomatic sources in Moscow and Damascus say Russian officials negotiated with Saddam Hussein and his sons to persuade them to give up defending Baghdad in return for assistance as they fled the country.

Subscribers only 17.04.2003

MOSCOW
New Turn in Diamond Politics

Russia's Alrosa group appears determined to challenge De Beers' dominance of the world diamond market. After being held back on the European market it has just made common cause with the Hariri group.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.03.2003

MOSCOW
Pipeline a Boost to SCO

Set up in the mid-1990s for security reasons, the Shanghai Club sees to the energy independence of Beijing and Moscow.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.03.2003

Spotlight | DIPLOMACY
The Strategy Behind Paris-Berlin-Moscow Tie

A vital change occurred in the past week when the U.S. push to take military action was outvoted in the U.N. Security Council in New York on Feb. 14. Theories flew back and forth among foreign affairs experts sitting on [.

Subscribers only 20.02.2003

MOSCOW
Kremlin Allays Lukoil's Fears

When George W. Bush was in St. Petersburg on Nov. 22 he gave his word Russian interests in Iraq would [...]

Subscribers only 20.02.2003

MOSCOW>OLIGARCHS
The New Men Beholden to Moscow

Over the past four years Russian president Vladimir Putin has rather ostentatiously laid a generation of oligarchs to rest. But a new group of businessmen beholden to the government has sprung up in the Kremlin's shadow.

Subscribers only 06.02.2003

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Orthodox Diplomacy

Moscow - No To Private Pipelines

Lukoil Positions Itself in Iraq

Moscow - Arms For Yemen

Echoes of Yeltsin Years

Yuri Zaostrovtsev

MOSCOW
Mystery Behind Curtis' Death

Spotlight | POLITICS
Vladimir Putin a New Oligarch ?

WEAK SIGNALS
Moscow - BP "Black report" on TNK

MOSCOW
Exxon Could Grab Sibneft

MOSCOW
Putin's Man in Switzerland

INFLUENCE
Who are the "Siloviki" ?

Spotlight | TAX EVASION
Yukos' Web of Offshore Companies

MOSCOW
Yukos and its Showcase Board

MOSCOW
Euro Gains Favor in Russia

Proliferation

MOSCOW
Converting Subs into Tankers

DIPLOMACY
Rival Security Deals for Central Asia

MOSCOW
Setback for Transneft's Lobbyists

MOSCOW > BAGHDAD
How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

MOSCOW
New Turn in Diamond Politics

MOSCOW
Pipeline a Boost to SCO

Spotlight | DIPLOMACY
The Strategy Behind Paris-Berlin-Moscow Tie

MOSCOW
Kremlin Allays Lukoil's Fears

MOSCOW>OLIGARCHS
The New Men Beholden to Moscow

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Orthodox Diplomacy

Moscow - No To Private Pipelines

Lukoil Positions Itself in Iraq

Moscow - Arms For Yemen

Echoes of Yeltsin Years

Yuri Zaostrovtsev

MOSCOW Mystery Behind Curtis' Death

Spotlight | POLITICS Vladimir Putin a New Oligarch ?

WEAK SIGNALS Moscow - BP "Black report" on TNK

MOSCOW Exxon Could Grab Sibneft

MOSCOW Putin's Man in Switzerland

INFLUENCE Who are the "Siloviki" ?

Spotlight | TAX EVASION Yukos' Web of Offshore Companies

MOSCOW Yukos and its Showcase Board

MOSCOW Euro Gains Favor in Russia

Proliferation

MOSCOW Converting Subs into Tankers

DIPLOMACY Rival Security Deals for Central Asia

MOSCOW Setback for Transneft's Lobbyists

MOSCOW > BAGHDAD How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

MOSCOW New Turn in Diamond Politics

MOSCOW Pipeline a Boost to SCO

Spotlight | DIPLOMACY The Strategy Behind Paris-Berlin-Moscow Tie

MOSCOW Kremlin Allays Lukoil's Fears

MOSCOW>OLIGARCHS The New Men Beholden to Moscow

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MOSCOW
Mystery Behind Curtis' Death

Spotlight | POLITICS
Vladimir Putin a New Oligarch ?

WEAK SIGNALS
Moscow - BP "Black report" on TNK

MOSCOW
Exxon Could Grab Sibneft

MOSCOW
Putin's Man in Switzerland

INFLUENCE
Who are the "Siloviki" ?

Spotlight | TAX EVASION
Yukos' Web of Offshore Companies

MOSCOW
Yukos and its Showcase Board

MOSCOW
Euro Gains Favor in Russia

MOSCOW
Converting Subs into Tankers

DIPLOMACY
Rival Security Deals for Central Asia

MOSCOW
Setback for Transneft's Lobbyists

MOSCOW > BAGHDAD
How Battle of Baghdad Was Called Off

MOSCOW
New Turn in Diamond Politics

MOSCOW
Pipeline a Boost to SCO

Spotlight | DIPLOMACY
The Strategy Behind Paris-Berlin-Moscow Tie

MOSCOW
Kremlin Allays Lukoil's Fears

MOSCOW>OLIGARCHS
The New Men Beholden to Moscow