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Economic-Business Security 14 May, 2009
Obama’s “Sovereign Democracy”
By Peter Lavelle
I had a good chuckle reading the Wall Street Journal today – the paragon of Western conservatism, hubris and even outright stupidity. Its article “Firms Face Tighter Tax Rules - Obama plan aims to limit use of offshore havens by multinationals and the wealthy.”

Economic-Business Security 24 February, 2009
Crisis Hits Russian Oligarchs
By Sergei Titov
"Time to remove us all from The Forbes lists," billionaire Alexander Lebedev said. Lebedev sold his helicopter and real estate in Italy in late 2008.

Economic-Business Security 09 February, 2009
Who Should Pay for the Crisis
By Gavriil Popov
At the end of November Moskovskiy Komsomolets published my first article about what the current world economic crisis is about and what features of it had already manifested themselves in Russia.

Economic-Business Security 30 January, 2009
The Crisis Has Not Reached the People Yet
The latest poll results from the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) indicate that while most Russian citizens are seriously alarmed ...

Economic-Business Security 15 October, 2008
The Financial Collapse – What Will Happen Next?
Many are surprised at the speed of events occurring with the current global economic collapse. Yet few appear to be aware of what is still to follow as events unfold in the days that lie ahead.

Economic-Business Security 26 September, 2008
America's Own Kleptocracy
Nobody expected industrial capitalism to end up like this. Nobody even saw it evolving in this direction. I’m afraid this failing is not unusual among futurists:

Economic-Business Security 15 July, 2008
Corporate Responsibility
Russian businesses are thriving in a growing economy, but the economic statistics mask the fact that there are some underlying social problems.

Economic-Business Security 16 June, 2008
Russia's Raiders
It seemed like any other workday at Togliatti Azot, a giant chemical factory in Russia's Samara region, on the Volga River 600 miles east of Moscow. Engineers were on their morning rounds, and union representatives had just finished a talk about financial support for newlyweds.

Economic-Business Security 11 June, 2008
President Medvedev Criticizes Economic Nationalism
President Dmitri Medvedev delivered a harsh policy speech at the opening of the 12th St. Petersburg Economic Forum on June 7.

Economic-Business Security 12 May, 2008
Did Shock Therapy Help Russia? About Anders Aslund’s Capitalist Revolution
Now that the Russian economy is doing well, many an economist would want to take credit for it.

Economic-Business Security 18 March, 2008
An Economic Agenda for Medvedev's Presidency
Whereas the economic content of Putin's presidency can be expressed by the formula "petrodollars plus order minus corruption minus monopoly abuses," the Medvedev formula is still not clear.

Economic-Business Security 05 March, 2008
Arctic Traffic
A few years ago American businessman Pat Broe purchased at an auction the Canadian Port of Churchill, where a US naval base had once been, for a mere $7. He expects to earn a minimum of $100 million a year from busy Arctic freight traffic.
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