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British prime minister concerned over lack of progress in Magnitsky case
RIA Novosti
British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his concern over a lack of progress in the investigation into the death of Russian anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in police custody.
Magnitsky, who was defending British investment company Hermitage Capital Management against tax evasion charges, died aged 37 in a Moscow pretrial detention facility in November 2009 after being refused medical treatment for pancreatitis. The lawyer’s death provoked uproar both in Russia and abroad.
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Russia’s Energy Czar Speaks
Igor Sechin is one of Russia’s most powerful officials and one of its most secretive. A deputy prime minister tasked with overseeing the oil sector and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest confidantes, he rarely gives interviews. So it’s a big deal when he does, and the Wall Street Journal scored one, published today. It’s definitely worth a read.
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Risks of rushing back to Russia
Oil prices are on the rise and suddenly it’s time to make sure you’re on the investment train to Russia again. And, despite a continued perception of higher risks associated with investing in the country, the early birds are already there, as a report in Monday’s FTfm explains.
While emerging market funds in general have seen big net outflows this year, according to EPFR, a global fund flow data provider, fund flows into Russia have been picking up. Russia-focused funds have gathered a total of $1.22bn in the year to date, against outflows of $2bn for China and $980m for India in the same period, EPFR data show.
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BP Made Faustian Deal With the Kremlin
The recent deal between BP and the Russian oil and gas giant Rosneft was a Faustian pact that was forced on the London-listed major by the Kremlin, William Browder, a fund manager with Hermitage Capital, told CNBC Tuesday.
In mid-January, BP agreed a deal with Rosneft which would give it access to offshore exploration in the South Kara Sea and at the time BP CEO Bob Dudley told CNBC the deal offered huge rewards to BP given the access they would get to new fields and reserves.
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Bill Browder on CNBC: Every Company in Russia faces Corruption
“You have to understand that every company that does business in Russia finds themselves running into massive amounts of corruption,” William Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital told CNBC. Browder was the largest investor in Russia until he was kicked out in 2005. займы на карту без отказа hairy girl zp-pdl.com zp-pdl.com займы онлайн на карту срочно
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BBC Radio 4, The Today Programme
On the day that Russian Foreign Minister comes to London to encourage British firms to invest in Russia, Hermitage Capital Management’s Bill Browder outlines his belief that UK citizens are “not safe to invest or do business” in Russia on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme. займы на карту срочно онлайн займ https://zp-pdl.com/best-payday-loans.php https://zp-pdl.com/emergency-payday-loans.php hairy girls
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Famous businessman refuses to take part in Russian Business Week 2011
Ekho Moskvy
[Presenter] Famous businessman Aleksandr Lebedev has refused to take part in the Russian Business Week in London due to be opened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. The entrepreneur has explained his decision by the worsening of business climate in Russia. Aleksandr Borzenko has the details.
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Obama, Russia, and Trust
For years now, those who would defend the neo-Soviet regime of Vladimir Putin have been telling us that, come hell or high water, it was impossible for Russia to go back to the bad old days of the USSR. We just needed to give Russia time, we were told, and we would see progress.
That lie was laid in its coffin last weekend when Luke Harding of UK’s The Guardian newspaper, one of the world’s leading Russia correspondents, was barred entry to the country because of his reporting. In a scathing editorial, the paper condemned Russia, run by a proud KGB spy and having re-adopted the national anthem of the USSR, as well on the way back to the USSR.
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Russia: who’s next to be expelled?
Throwing out Guardian newspaper journalist Luke Harding seems to have backfired as an attempt by the Kremlin to improve Russia’s image. Harding tried to fly back to Russia on Saturday from a trip abroad but had his visa cancelled at the airport.
He is not the first westerner to be expelled from Russia, and may not be the last – business people included.
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