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Medvedev's address: nice words, little action

April 30, 2012 Ian Pryde, RIR
In possibly his last address to the State Council, Dmitry Medvedev announced big plans for Russia’s economic future, but as usual, the key lies in implementation

Will Putin 2.0 mean a return to the prosperity of the 2000s?

March 30, 2012 Ian Pryde, RIR
With Vladimir Putin’s inauguration scheduled for May 7, 2012, a number of investment analysts in Moscow have reached a rather odd conclusion about the future Russian president’s economic policies

Can an investment climate be improved from the top down?

February 24, 2012 Ian Pryde
The Russian government has proposed that all state-owned companies pay out the same level of dividends, but this is contrary to the behavior of companies in the free market

Can we overcome the perception gap?

February 1, 2012 Ian Pryde, specially for RIR
Russian businessmen in were happy to talk about how Western investors have Russia all wrong, but were they really missing the point?

Different consumers, same products

October 24, 2011 Ian Pryde
The West still has not grasped the depth of its problems; it has been here before, but is still stumbling

Putin, Medvedev discuss investment climate

October 12, 2011 Ian Pryde
At an investment conference and a meeting of regional United Russia members, the prime minister and the president emphasized the role of stability in Russia's economic future

Zyuganov’s Communists – Russia’s party of social democracy?

July 12, 2011 Ian Pryde
The KPRF is joining the campaigning for the State Duma elections with a lot of gloom and doom. Do they have anything better to offer?