Author: Inga Friedelhaus

Major Events of the Month

Our Major Events of the Year: The South Ossetia war and the West’s biased reactions

Moscow resolutely ended the barbaric Georgian invasion of the republic, but to the dismay of unbiased observers, the West, headed by the United States and its NATO proteges, condemned Russia...

Major Events of the Month

Our Major Events of the Year: The resumption of the new EU-Russian Cooperation Pact

After several false starts, the new Cooperation Pact, which is to replace the outdated agreement regulating the relationships between Russia and EU, finally got a second breath of life as EU decided to return to the negotiation tables...

Major Events of the Month

Our Major Events of the Year: Global financial crisis and commitment of trillions to fight it

The ‘current global economic/financial crisis’ dominates all other events this year, evident in its popularity in both household and professional usage as well as its pop-up frequencies in major search engines...

Major Events of the Month

Our Major Events of the Year: Obama’s historic victory and its meaning for the strained U.S.-Russian ties

Like the rest of the world, the Kremlin and top Russian diplomats are hoping that the historic election of Obama will usher in the long-awaited turning point in the U.S. increasingly antagonistic foreign policies...

Major Events of the Month

Our Major Events of the Year: The restoration of Russia’s lost grounds in Latin America

Russia has returned to Latin America with a bang, first, by sending top government aids to tour the region, and then followed it with the military and political leaders...

Major Events of the Month

Russian defense minister’s reform to reduce Armed Forces bloated top brass

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced plans to reduce the number of top military brass...

Major Events of the Month

Abandoned and nearly bankrupt Iceland seeks financial aid in the Kremlin

Iceland officially approached Moscow for a 4bln-euro credit last month...

Major Events of the Month

Top City Hall official says investors so far not freezing projects in the capital

Alexander Kuzmin noted that no investors bankrolling real-estate projects in the capital have folded up...

Major Events of the Month

Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia aimed at retaining citizens’ trust

Margarita Simonyan noted that Russia was forced to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia...

Major Events of the Month

Postponement of introduction of market-pricing mechanism in gas relationships

Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement, under which free-market pricing mechanism will be introduced...

Major Events of the Month

Lukashenko advocates for intensification of relationships with Russia

Speaking at a meeting in Minsk with Russian Premier Putin, Belarus President Lukashenko called...

PIK Group and Finservis Bank launch joint mortgage program

The PIK Group of Companies (PIK), one of the largest developers of residential real-estate properties in Russia, and Finservis Bank launched the Novostroika mortgage program...

C&W/S&R lures rival’s top executive to top marketing post

Cushman & Wakefield Stiles & Riabokobylko (C&W/S&R) has appointed Marina Galitskikh as the company’s new director for...

Mirax Group to build educational and scientific center for Moscow Medical Academy

Mirax Group Corp. celebrated in September the completion of the first phase of the development of the Ninth Campus of the Pharmaceutical Faculty...

Interviews

IHG stamps its authority firmly on the mid-scale hotels segment

Markku Wahlberg - who oversees IHG's operations in Russia and Ukraine and also doubles as the general manager of Holiday Inn Moscow Sokolniki Hotel - talked to TRCW about IHG’s plans for Russia and other CIS markets...