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By Mary Jacoby and Glenn R. Simpson A consultant to John McCain hired a public-relations firm last year to burnish the U.S. image of a Ukrainian political party backed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to documents filed with the Justice Department. The lobbying firm of Davis Manafort...
May 12. Russian companies could gain access to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Starting July 1, 2008 the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will authorize foreign issuers to obtain a listing on its trading floor via Hong Kong Depositary Receipts (HDRs), the exchange said in a press release....
When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to the new president. ... It's one of the many signs that Putin, now prime minister,...
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska is considering a bid for a huge Siberian copper field that may pitch him into competition or partnership with Russian Railways and Norilsk Nickel. ... Daniel Major, head of the resources division of Deripaska's Basic Element company, said...
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska has enlisted the help of a prominent British bloodstock agent to create a stable there, The Sunday Telegraph reported. ... An unidentified friend of Deripaska's confirmed that Russia's richest man had purchased two racehorses in Britain and was...
An Austrian businessmen who had to pull out of a deal to buy RTB Bor, now says he is "still interested" in the acquisition. Mirko Kovats, who heads A-Tec corporation, last month failed to secure banking guarantees for the sale, and had to withdraw from the deal.
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) President Milo Đukanović is the most influential man in Montenegro, according to a study by the CG Ekonomist magazine. 22 editors and journalists form Podgorica took part in the study, the aim of which was to show which personalities Montenegrin journalists...
Speculation was rife this week that the Podgorica-based aluminum conglomerate, KAP, could soon shut down its production. The smelter is the biggest single contributor to Montenegrin GDP – and is majority owned by one of Russian metals oligarch Oleg Deripaska's companies, as is the Nikšić bauxite...
SUBJECT: A profile of Oleg Deripaska, reportedly Russia's richest man. SIGNIFICANCE: Deripaska owns a business empire including a 66% stake in the world's largest aluminium producer, Rusal. It is unclear how he will fare in Russia's new political conditions, as the balance of interest between key...
When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to Russia's new president. ... Some of them opposed Putin's choice of Dmitry Medvedev, a...
