EE

  • May 6, 2011
  • 2 min read

Ukraine may find Russian gas more expensive

The natural resource extraction tax (NRET) should be raised and the policy on levying customs...

Russia
  • May 5, 2011
  • 6 min read

Libya stalemate shapes Russia's stances on UNSC, Syria

Russia's UN ambassador yesterday criticised as "unacceptable" any attempt to go beyond the...

Russia
  • May 5, 2011
  • 2 min read

Cost of living in Russia could become election issue

Consumer price inflation decelerated in April to 0.4% month-on-month from 0.6% in March, the...

Russia
  • May 5, 2011
  • 2 min read

Russia's Nord Stream 1 reaches Germany on target

The first of two pipelines carrying gas under the Baltic from Vyborg in Russia to Greifswald in...

Russia
  • May 4, 2011
  • 7 min read

Few lessons for Europe in Canada's immigration policy

Canada is often held up as a model country for immigration. If its best practices could be...

Canada
  • May 4, 2011
  • 2 min read

Caution dominates post-crisis Russian banking sector

In another financial crisis like that of 2008, the capital reserves of one-third of the country's...

Russia
  • May 4, 2011
  • 2 min read

Georgia's food prices stabilise -- but at high level

Consumer prices fell slightly by 0.1% month-on-month in April, the first fall since July 2010,...

Georgia
  • May 3, 2011
  • 7 min read

Norway's shifting energy profile remains key to Europe

Although Norway is the largest energy producer and exporter in Western Europe, its oil production...

Norway