Dmitry Medvedev
Russia seeks investment and trade in South Korea
November 10, 2010On Russia's coat of arms, the double-headed eagle looks west and east. Russia's president is now in South Korea, promoting energy sales to Korea and Korean investment in Russia. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is promoting a 40-year deal to sell...
Medvedev tells economic forum Russia is serious about reforms
June 18, 2010President Dmitry Medvedev has addressed Russia's most important annual international economic forum, announcing plans to abolish the capital-gains tax on long-term direct investment starting next year. Speaking at the 14th St. Petersburg International...
Ever more russian businessmen choosing to leave Russia permanently
June 15, 2010
by Paul Goble Not only are ever more Russian businessmen sending their capital and their children abroad, but an increasing number are choosing to leave the Russian Federation themselves, a development that will add to Moscow’s current difficulties...
Medvedev faces a number of new challenges in energy strategy
March 08, 2010By Pavel K. Baev Medvedev discards the ambition of “Energy Super-Power” Upon his return from the trip to Paris last week, President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Igor Sechin, who is supervising the energy sector...
Russia: Situation in oil and gas region threatens to go ‘out of control’
February 10, 2010By Paul Goble The social-political situation in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District, whose oil and gas supplies make it “the most important region” in Russia, now “threatens to go out of control of the powers that be” as...
Does declining demand in gas mean the end of Gazprom’s reign?
January 05, 2010By Stacy Closson Just over 18 months ago, Russia was predicting a bright future for Gazprom, stating that its capitalization would exceed $1 trillion by 2015 and its shares would be trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the story is very...
Kremlin renews its focus on the contest for Turkmen gas
January 04, 2010By Vladimir Socor Russia Resuming Gas Imports From Turkmenistan on a Small Scale On December 22 in Ashgabat, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his counterpart in Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov witnessed the signing of documents on the...
Gazprom dominates Russian political power making
October 08, 2009By Roman Kupchinsky In 2003 a team of Russian foreign policy and energy experts wrote a 70 page memo about the role of Gazprom, the state-owned gas monopoly, in Russia’s domestic politics and the country’s foreign policy strategy. The document...
Azerbaijan-Russia Gas Agreement: a Wakeup Call to EU and US
July 02, 2009By Vladimir Socor Meeting in Baku on June 29, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev witnessed the signing of an agreement on Azerbaijani gas deliveries to Russia. The initial volumes are small, but the agreement...
Moldovan Government receives us$12.25 million from Gazprom
April 15, 2009The Moldovan Government has received assistance from the Gazprom Russian company in the amount of US$12.25 million lei, which are designed for purchasing oil products for replenishing the state reserve. According to governmental press service, this humanitarian...