Economy
A review of the economic situation in Russia in 2010 and forecasts for 2011In summer 2010, the Russian economy was subjected to a stress test, conducted not under a simulated condition, but in a real situation, and thus led to huge loss, estimated at 1% of Russia’s GDP or about $15bln... |
No end in sight for crisis as more and more questions remain unansweredThe future remains hazy as most anticrisis programs adopted to stimulate national and global economic growth are being prematurely wound down without alternatives... |
Radiant at its golden jubilee, Nigeria fortifies base for investment inflowsThe report highlights Nigeria's potential, its myriad of business incentives and other investment boosting measures to attract strategic investors to its economy... |
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Russia’s summer natural fires and their impacts on the citizens and economyWithout any doubts, the summer months of 2010 will go down as the worst period in contemporary Russian history in terms of scale of damages caused by heat and draught... |
Two strategic ‘Streams’ - Russia’s symmetric reaction to new challengesRussia's ongoing simultaneous development of several gas export routes will help stamp its hegemony on the continental and global markets for years to come... |
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Analysis of the causes of Strategy-2010’s partial successes and overwhelming failures after a decade of implementationThe term 'Strategy-2010' was first introduced into Russia’s political lexicon in the late 1990s, when the then little-known Vladimir Putin gathered a group experts to help map out a strategy... |
The years 2010-11: Today's post-crisis reality and expectations for countries and businesses in 2011Globally, the general consensus among authoritative experts is that the world economy in 2011 will continue its recovery from the crisis but will remain in a fragile state... |
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The Seoul G20 summit outcomes and implications for the global economyPrior to the November summit, most observers had viewed the last G20 summit in 2010, tagged “Shared growth beyond crisis,” as a ‘crucial vitality test’ for global leaders... |
Globalization and its economic prospects for RussiaModern globalization envisages the formation of a uniform business space and economic internationalization of labor forces, goods and capital and their free mobility across national borders... |
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Tatneft’s glorious history from oil springs to high technologiesThis year, Tatneft, one of Russia’s largest oil companies, celebrates its 60th anniversary, an important landmark in the company and industry's histories... |
The consequences of the Canadian double summits for the global economyWorld leaders at the G8 and G20 Summits in Canada continued their collective search for quicker solutions to the crisis-borne problems facing national and global economies... |
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Russian and EU leaders again fail to strike expected compromises on key policy issuesThough EU and Russian leaders in every possible way demonstrated full mutual understanding at the summit, such affinity, however, proved insufficient to ensure breakthroughs on key issues... |
Two ‘Streams’ from Russia: breaking down the old geopolitical structuresThese projects were introduced to resolve some concrete challenges. For instance, the South Stream was launched to make the Nabucco project bypassing Russia more of a ‘white elephant’... |
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The PIIGS and other Western countries facing tough battles for economic survivalThe deteriorating economic situations in the PIIGS states and other European countries have become causes for serious concerns both within the eurozone and across the globe... |
Marx’s ‘omnipotent teachings’ and modernization of the Russian economyThe article author, a former company CEO and indepedent economist, says Karl Marx and his powerful economic doctrine are back in mode again after the current economic crisis highlighted the obvious fallacies in today's capitalism... |
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Searches for exits from current crisis breeding alphabetical financial neologismsThe new trend has deepened the existing scope of the English lexicon as old words with new meanings are being used to explain new and rapidly changing tendencies on today's beleaguered capital markets... |
Russian leaders’ most preferable lettered economic recovery modelsTop Russian government officials directly involved in the daily management of the local financial market are divided on their views of the best recovery models for the economy... |
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Russian can survive 2010 without seeking sovereign loansTroika Dialog chief economist questions the rationale behind the government's official policy to seek sovereign bonds to augment budget in 2010... |
Finance Ministry clarifies the official bonds placement policy in 2010Officials had said that the decision to issue sovereign bonds in 2010 was final, and that all that remains is 'concretization' of details... |
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Highlights and key lessons from the 2010 Davos ForumThe yearning for changes was evident in the forum’s conclusions as leading global business executives and politicians called for fundamental changes in world affairs... |