TNK-BP Wracked by Government Intervention
Region: Russian Federation
Posted by Anne Szustek to FindingDulcinea.com Russian tax authorities have hammered British oil company BP with fines, court cases and inspections that recall the early days of investing in post-Soviet Russia. TNK-BP, a ... more
Views: 1406The Most Expensive Aircraft Fuel
Region: IndonesiaRussia determined their aircraft fuel cost is the most expensive around the world according to the report(xx/05/06). For comparison, in Moscow, Russia, Avtur(aircraft gasoline) reached USD 1,530 per tonnase and in Sakhalin... more
Views: 1636Georgia, Russia, Abkhazia: Playing Twister or Risk ?
Region: Georgia
Mounting tensions can be felt between Russia and Georgia after sunday's event in which a Georgian spy drone was supposedly shot down by a russian Mig fighter jet. The incident took place in... more
Views: 2139ORANGE SNOW is Falling in Russia
Region: Russian Federation
Orange Snow Orange, Smelly Snow Falling in Russia...... A group of chemical experts have flown in to that part of Russia to find out why smelly, coloured snow has been falling over several towns in the Siberian reg... more
Views: 1698Russia Favours Indo-US Nuclear Agreement At An Early Date
Region: IndiaOn the eve of Left-UPA panel meeting on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Russian Ambassador to India Mr.Vyacheslav Trubnikov gave a boost to Manmohan Singh government by coming out in support of the deal by terming the deal as &l... more
Views: 929Georgia: Fears of War With Russia
Region: Georgia
By Dmitry Avaliani in Tbilisi (CRS No. 443 07-May-08) Officials and experts in both Russia and Georgia are warning that the two countries are closer than ever to armed confrontation over the breakaway republic of Abkhazia... more
Views: 1099Georgian Fury at Russia’s Abkhaz Moves
Region: Georgia
- By Mikhail Vignansky in Tbilisi (CRS No. 441 23-Apr-08) Just as communications between Georgia and Russia were being restored, their relationship has taken a new downturn, after Tbilisi accused the Russians of shoo... more
Views: 1134Russian “Provocations” Anger Georgia
Region: Georgia
By Nana Kurashvili in Tbilisi Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow have taken another turn for the worse, following the NATO summit in Bucharest in which Georgia took another step towards alliance membership, albeit not a... more
Views: 1197Russia Joins the World Economic Slump
Region: Russian Federation
Despite the bullish outlook propagated by the Kremlin, a weakening ruble, tumbling stock market and sluggish oil prices reveal a downtrodden Russian economy. The Great Bear’s Economy is Bearish This spri... more
Views: 1167Seven sex worker people injured in Russia attack
Region: Russian Federation
Five of the seven women, who were seriously injured, have been hospitalised," the police in the Balashikha suburb said. One person has been arrested in this connection while search for his accomplice is on. The pol... more
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