Vladimir Putin

5 Ways to Manage Russia’s Crisis

By Boris Titov Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin always considered himself an advocate of the free market, while the members of Britain’s Labor Party have often been criticized for being too socialist. At a time when British Prime...

UPDATE 1-Russia tells indebted firms to invest

By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The Russian state lender VEB told indebted firms on Monday they should keep investing if they want the government's assistance to pay back foreign debt, in a sign of growing concern...

Russia to compensate stock fraud, ban insider trading

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Russia will roll out laws next year to restrict insider trading and create a compensation fund for victims of investment fraud, the head of Russia's financial markets watchdog said on Monday....

India under pressure to settle Barh dispute

Take a holistic view keeping in mind NTPC’s interest, says Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: India has come under tremendous pressure from Russia for settling the “dispute” between state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and...

Russia starts production of new ballistic missiles

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun producing a new generation intercontinental missile, a senior government official said on Monday, after a successful test launch. Russia's military hailed Friday's test...

Russian government approves BTS-2 oil pipeline construction

Moscow (Platts) -- 01 Dec 2008 -- [Oil] The Russian government has given the green light for the design and construction of a new 50 million mt/year (1 million b/d) oil pipeline, which will link the existing Druzhba pipeline...

Pipeline politics? Russia and the EU's battle for energy

While Russian gas giant Gazprom is drawing up long-term plans to strengthen its grip on Europe with pipeline projects backed by the Kremlin, the EU`s response strategies are only in the early stages...

Adults in Five Largest European Countries and the US Believe Angela Merkel is Most Favorable and...

Adults in Five Largest European Countries and the US Believe Angela Merkel is Most Favorable and George Bush is Most Influential World FigureROCHESTER, N.Y.HARRIS-POLL-WORLD-LEADER A new Harris Interactive/France...

Putin tells E.ON: 'no cuts to power sector growth'

1 December 2008 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has pledged not to slow the development of the power industry, responding to concerns from Germany's E.ON. "All the plans that we set out for this sector, we will fulfil....

Dec 1. Russia's plans in the utilities sector will be implemented in full...

Dec 1. Russia's plans in the utilities sector will be implemented in full and no reductions are being considered, Russian PM Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with management of German E.ON. Putin went on to say that weaker...