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BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin |
Russia Five years after the great ruble crash, the economy is booming. But how much is Russia really changing? |
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Jason Bush |
Putin May Be Clearing A Path Toward Change Before Vladimir V. Putin's widely anticipated landslide reelection victory on Mar. 14, he dismissed his entire government on Feb. 24. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Jason Bush |
Commentary: Can Putin Contain The Fallout? Despite the Yukos crackdown, Russian President Vladimir Putin is struggling to keep economic reform on track. |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Jason Bush |
Deciphering Putin Autocrat? Democrat? The truth is more complex |
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal? |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Jason Bush |
Putin's Russia: Is the Economy Next? There's no doubt the Russian President is trying to centralize all political power inside the Kremlin. Experts fear that he also may clamp down on free-market reforms. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia: A Big Chill For Business? Putin's move against Khodorkovsky probably won't extend to others. |
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Jason Bush |
After Putin, Who? Medvedev's promotion makes him front-runner for Russia's President, for now. |
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Jason Bush |
Russia: Spreading The Oil Wealth Putin is vastly boosting social spending. Will that sidetrack economic reform? |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Jason Bush |
Russia: How Long Can The Fun Last? In Russia, consumers are flush and foreign investment is up. Then there's the government interference - and corruption. |
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Jason Bush |
How Russia Slid Backwards Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offers a persuasive case that Putin--and the KGB--have reimposed authoritarian rule. |
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Jason Bush |
The Bigger Gazprom Grows, the Further Russia Backslides Yugansk, the main production subsidiary of the troubled Russian oil company Yukos, looks almost certain to be acquired by Gazprom, Russia's giant state-dominated gas concern. If the deal goes through, serious market reform is endangered. |
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young |
After Putin As Vladimir Putin prepares to step down and orchestrate his succession, Russia continues to roll back freedom -- but not all the way back. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Yukos and the Wild, Wild East: Can Putin Win the Showdown? Wharton faculty and others offer different interpretations of the reasons for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jailing and the potential fallout for Russian businesses and foreign investors. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Jason Bush |
Pushing Back Against Putin Do Russian protests against the President's benefit cuts signal increasing instability? |
Reason April 2009 Cathy Young |
Unclenching the Fist U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama. |
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Jason Bush |
Murder Most Foul In Moscow The murder of Paul Klebnikov, 41, a U.S. citizen and editor of the recently launched Russian edition of Forbes, casts more doubt on Russia's commitment to a civil society. |
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Jason Bush |
Sizzling Growth Could Singe Russia's Economy Russia's economy has never looked healthier. Growth is spiking upward, inflation is falling, Russia's external trade and government finances are both in surplus, foreign debt is low, and foreign exchange reserves are mushrooming. It almost seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bush & Olearchyk |
Putin's Biggest Blunder Is the Russian president losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn't seem to be able to get anything right. |
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Jason Bush |
Russia: The Curse Of $50 A Barrel Why steep oil prices could prove catastrophic for the country's economy. |
Reason October 2001 Cathy Young |
Soviet Reunion Russia's future is looking frighteningly like its past... |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Jason Bush |
Cracks In The Kremlin A messy battle over the control of oil assets is the latest sign that Putin's administration is in disarray. |
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005 Jason Bush |
The Curse Of $50 A Barrel Why steep oil prices may prove catastrophic for Russia's economy. |
Salon.com July 20, 2000 Jeffrey Tayler |
Guilty as charged Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else. |
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Jason Bush |
Mixed Messages From The Kremlin As Putin tries to win back foreign investment, nationalist forces seem to be pushing it away. But foreign investors also know that with Russia, patience can pay off. |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Jason Bush |
From Black Hole To Blue Chip Russia boasts investment-grade ratings six years after a $40 billion debt default |
BusinessWeek July 31, 2006 Bush & Bianco |
Why Russians Love Gazprom--No Matter What The World Thinks The 800-lb. gorilla of gas is central to Putin's popularity and Russia's new swagger on the world stage. |
Financial Advisor January 2008 Jeff Schlegel |
Another BRIC In The Wall Winston Churchill once famously described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Investors today might feel the same way, given the dichotomy between its enticing growth prospects and the uncertainties raised by the increasing authoritarianism of President Vladimir Putin. |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Jason Bush |
How Putin May Hang On To Power Russian media are buzzing with speculation about who will replace President Vladimir Putin, and how the succession will come about. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Arkhipov & Pronina |
Russia's Fires May Have Strengthened Putin State media have generated an image of engagement and compassion, and the Prime Minister may succeed in using the event to secure even more power. |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 |
A Surprise Choice For Russian Premier Investors have reacted favorably to President Vladimir V. Putin's appointment of an obscure bureaucrat -- 53-year-old Mikhail Fradkov -- to the post of Russian Prime Minister. |
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Kranz & Bush |
When Powers Collide: Putin vs. Khodorkovsky Many in Moscow say the real reason for the Kremlin's attack was the tycoon's campaign last summer to stymie all efforts to raise taxes on the oil industry, which was raking in billions of extra profits as the price of crude rose. |
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Jason Bush |
Turning Russian Oil Into A Tax Gusher Public outcry has prompted Putin to squeeze drillers for more revenue |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Jason Bush |
Murky Dealings In Russia's Oil Patch Why is the Kremlin going after giant Yukos just when it may be on the verge of a megadeal with Exxon? |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Arkhipov & Meyer |
Khodorkovsky's Jailhouse Interview The imprisoned oligarch says that 10 percent GDP growth for Russia is impossible unless oil sells at $200 a barrel. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 |
Russian Politics: "No News Is Good News" So says Grigor Yavlinsky, head of the opposition Yabloko Party, about the potential outcome of December's election |
Reason July 2007 Cathy Young |
The Good Czar Every day in President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a reminder that the window of freedom the country enjoyed in the Yeltsin era (and even, in some respects, in the tail end of the Gorbachev years) is closing. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 John Rossant |
Continental Divides As EU expansion nears, relations with Russia are getting tense |
Reason January 2006 Cathy Young |
The Tsars Come Out A decade ago, Russia seemed to be traveling a bumpy road toward a liberal society. Today, the general consensus is that it's slouching toward some variety of authoritarianism. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 |
The Unraveling of Putin's Power The massing of thousands of Ukrainians to protest the rigged election of Putin-backed candidate Viktor Yanukovych as their next leader has dealt a telling blow in Moscow. |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Maria Bartiromo |
A Death In London There are many people who are very happy with the current situation in Moscow, but many more who are unhappy. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow |
Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas With prices up and fear of Kremlin meddling in business fading, investors are pouring into Russian stocks. Will it last? |
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 |
Bush and Putin: Strains Are Showing While both governments are expected to remain pragmatic on a number of issues, their diverging visions could become the real problem |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Henry Meyer |
Medvedev Shakes Up the Kremlin Russian President Medvedev may be starting a new push for shareholder rights by removing state officials from top corporate boards. |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Jason Bush |
Russia's New Deal The Kremlin is pumping money into education, housing, and health care. |
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Russian Oil Rumbles With the recent arrest of a Russian oil "oligarch" and the disruption of a merger between two of the country's largest oil companies, the seeming shift in the Russian government's attitude toward its oil companies may herald future change in how the western oil industry does business there. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2011 David Lee Smith |
Can Big Oil Survive Russian Roulette? Will the energy world be turned helter-skelter by impending major changes in Russia? |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Jason Bush |
Patriotism And Putin Rock! To Russia's youth, the President embodies reform and longing for the superpower past. |
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Jason Bush |
Shaking Their Fists At Putin Cuts in social services are eroding the Russian president's popularity. Will reform slow? |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Jason Bush |
Russia: Why Business Is Rushing Into Politics Although Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky landed in jail on charges of tax evasion, many observers suspect Putin really wanted to curb the billionaire's growing political influence. Khodorkovsky, after all, was financing the Kremlin's opposition. More businessmen are vying to become Duma deputies than ever. |