Archive August 2009
Corruption: Russia's Economic Stumbling Block
In an opinion editorial in BusinessWeek, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey lawyers Carol M. Welu and Yevgenya Muchnik comment that events such as the demise of YUKOS have “curbed investors' appetite for Russia”.
Energy Expert: Khodorkovsky Arrest Called Into Question Role of Private Capital in Russia
Mark L. Robinson, an energy analyst with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in the Global Energy & Resources practice, comments on the dangers of investing in Russia’s oil & gas market.
Financial Times: Russia’s Energy Revenues Attributed to YUKOS Case
The Financial Times’ Lex Column comments on 10 years of Vladimir Putin in power in Russia, highlighting the YUKOS Affair as a major event in his “clampdown on oligarch power”.
Russian Actress Natalia Fateeva Comments on the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev Trial
Prominent Russian actress Natalia Fateeva who attended the trial believes it throws Russia back to time of feudalism.
FT Comment: A Friendless Russia is Held Hostage to Putin’s Vanity
Philip Stephens, in a column for The Financial Times, comments that he is struck by how isolated Russia remains despite being restored “to the ranks of world powers” by its oil, gas and autocracy.
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