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BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Jason Bush |
Russia's Lawyers Under Attack Human rights advocates have long been targets in Russia. Now even corporate attorneys aren't safe.  |
BusinessWeek February 18, 2010 Tom Cahill |
Deadly Business in Moscow An American lawyer's experience underscores the lawlessness outsiders operating in Russia can face.  |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Jason Bush |
The Bigger Gazprom Grows, the Further Russia Backslides Yugansk, the main production subsidiary of the troubled Russian oil company Yukos, looks almost certain to be acquired by Gazprom, Russia's giant state-dominated gas concern. If the deal goes through, serious market reform is endangered.  |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas With prices up and fear of Kremlin meddling in business fading, investors are pouring into Russian stocks. Will it last?  |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia: A Big Chill For Business? Putin's move against Khodorkovsky probably won't extend to others.  |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Lyubov Pronina |
Dreams of an iPad Economy for Russia Russia's President has hopes for a new tech corridor near Moscow, but can the country overcome corruption, lack of innovation, and a slow-moving state sector?  |
BusinessWeek June 5, 2008 Jason Bush |
BP: Roughed Up in Russia The oil giant's problems with local authorities in Russia are mounting.  |
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Kevin Crowley |
Is Russia Risky? Two Top Investors Disagree Assessing risk in Russia depends largely on views of how disruptive corruption can be to the economy.  |
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Jason Bush |
What's Holding Back A Flood Of Russian Oil If Russia is pumping so much crude, why does oil cost $60 a barrel? One reason is that Russia's oil boom has been followed by a dramatic crunch.  |
Reason July 2007 Cathy Young |
The Good Czar Every day in President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a reminder that the window of freedom the country enjoyed in the Yeltsin era (and even, in some respects, in the tail end of the Gorbachev years) is closing.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Russia Will Always Be Cheap Russia remains a country with a lot of potential unlikely to be completely realized, because of the nature of its political environment.  |
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young |
After Putin As Vladimir Putin prepares to step down and orchestrate his succession, Russia continues to roll back freedom -- but not all the way back.  |
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Jason Bush |
Russia Gets A Crash Course In Insurance A new law has opened the once-tight market to Western companies. On Jan. 16, Moscow opened the once-cosseted domestic insurance industry to foreign companies, which have been prowling Russia for new business.  |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Jason Bush |
Murder Most Foul In Moscow The murder of Paul Klebnikov, 41, a U.S. citizen and editor of the recently launched Russian edition of Forbes, casts more doubt on Russia's commitment to a civil society.  |
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Jason Bush |
Getting Past Yukos At a time when oil prices are spiking and new fields are scarce, the global oil companies are looking hungrily at Russia despite the Putin vs. Yukos debacle.  |
Financial Advisor January 2008 Jeff Schlegel |
Another BRIC In The Wall Winston Churchill once famously described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Investors today might feel the same way, given the dichotomy between its enticing growth prospects and the uncertainties raised by the increasing authoritarianism of President Vladimir Putin.  |
InternetNews May 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
Motorola Gear Expands Russian Carrier's Coverage Motorola's network equipment division has won an $80 million order from Mobile TeleSystems, the latest deal between the mobile equipment maker and Russia's largest wireless provider.  |
CFO December 1, 2007 Janet Kersnar |
View from Europe: From Russia, No Love The Cold War might be over, but a chill wind threatens to blow through business between Russia and the West.  |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin |
Russia Five years after the great ruble crash, the economy is booming. But how much is Russia really changing?  |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bush & Olearchyk |
Putin's Biggest Blunder Is the Russian president losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn't seem to be able to get anything right.  |
BusinessWeek March 3, 2011 Jason Corcoran |
Foreign Banks Are Fleeing Russia Morgan Stanley and Banco Santander are among those selling out or downsizing as Russia's state-owned banks bulk up  |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Jason Bush |
The Great Russian Deal Bazaar Never mind Yukos. As equities soar, bankers flock to Moscow.  |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 John Rossant |
Continental Divides As EU expansion nears, relations with Russia are getting tense  |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal?  |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Maternovsky & Patterson |
Back on the Market: Russian Bonds Moscow tests the bond waters for the first time since 1998.  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Yukos and the Wild, Wild East: Can Putin Win the Showdown? Wharton faculty and others offer different interpretations of the reasons for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jailing and the potential fallout for Russian businesses and foreign investors.  |
Reason October 2001 Cathy Young |
Soviet Reunion Russia's future is looking frighteningly like its past...  |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Jason Bush |
Commentary: Can Putin Contain The Fallout? Despite the Yukos crackdown, Russian President Vladimir Putin is struggling to keep economic reform on track.  |
BusinessWeek December 12, 2005 |
Russia's Civic Groups May Face New Rules In Russia, a controversial new law to regulate nongovernmental organizations may be the latest example of President Vladimir V. Putin's efforts to centralize power and neutralize opposition.  |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Arkhipov & Meyer |
Khodorkovsky's Jailhouse Interview The imprisoned oligarch says that 10 percent GDP growth for Russia is impossible unless oil sells at $200 a barrel.  |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Commentary: The Other Saudi Arabia? Russia is fast reemerging as the oil power to challenge OPEC.  |
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Jason Bush |
The Kinks In Russia's Oil Pipeline If Yukos is dismembered, the surviving private companies are bound to think twice before investing. Global oil markets -- and Russia -- would suffer as a result.  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Jason Bush |
Russia: How Long Can The Fun Last? In Russia, consumers are flush and foreign investment is up. Then there's the government interference - and corruption.  |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 |
Warming Between Russia And Europe Relations between Russia and the newly expanded European Union look set to improve as the two sides are expected to sign a treaty that will pave the way for Russia's entry in the WTO.  |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Rich Smith |
Gazprom's Gas Trap Investors beware -- No sooner had Russia emancipated Gazprom's shares than its regulators began seeking to rein the shares back in.  |
BusinessWeek December 29, 2010 Carol Matlack |
Renaissance Capital: A Moscow Survivor Having endured two near-death experiences in 12 years, Stephen Jennings' bank is taking a big risk in Africa.  |
Reason April 2009 Cathy Young |
Unclenching the Fist U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama.  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Maria Bartiromo |
A Death In London There are many people who are very happy with the current situation in Moscow, but many more who are unhappy.  |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Rich Smith |
Russian Bear Gains Weight Despite a spate of bad news, Russia's economy continues to grow. By buying into some gold-standard U.S. companies, an investor can partake of Russia's growth while considerably limiting the risk of suffering a "YUKOS."  |
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Russian Oil Rumbles With the recent arrest of a Russian oil "oligarch" and the disruption of a merger between two of the country's largest oil companies, the seeming shift in the Russian government's attitude toward its oil companies may herald future change in how the western oil industry does business there.  |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Kranz & Bush |
Putin's Game Westerners think the Russian President is turning back the clock to its Soviet past. The reality is much more complicated.  |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 |
Russian Politics: "No News Is Good News" So says Grigor Yavlinsky, head of the opposition Yabloko Party, about the potential outcome of December's election  |
BusinessWeek August 9, 2004 Jason Bush |
A Renaissance For Russian Science Student enrollments are up, and multinationals are chasing grads. However, without an influx of qualified teachers, Russian science may be living on borrowed time.  |
BusinessWeek April 28, 2011 Chassany & Corcoran |
Russia: Still the Wild West for Private Equity TPG has made only one deal, and that one has led to courtroom clashes and a violent brawl.  |
Knowledge@Wharton January 15, 2003 |
Russia's Struggle for Competitiveness Is it safe to go back in the water for would-be investors in Russia? How far has Russia come? How far does it have to go? And what models will it follow?  |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Jason Bush |
The Russian Towers Are Coming Foreign investors are getting in on projects from Moscow to Novosibirsk.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Vitaliy Katsenelson |
Russia: We Don't Need the West Anymore Did the Russian government muscle Shell out of Sakhalin? Here is a look at the $7.5 billion sale and the long-term implications if Russia disregards Western investment.  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Rich Smith |
Citigroup Tries the Borscht Says: "Mmm. Tasty!" The bank plans to open as many as 40 branches in Russia this year. Investors, take note.  |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 J. Bush & W. Zellner |
Russia: So Much For The Oil Giants' Next Frontier For global oil companies desperate to replace their dwindling reserves, Russia is increasingly tipped as the next frontier.  |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 |
Russian Air Disaster Two Russian airliners flying from Moscow to cities in southern Russia crashed almost simultaneously on Aug. 24, killing all 89 on board. Police investigators have found no initial evidence of terrorism, but many experts suspect foul play.  |