Due West: Kremlin Reshuffle or ‘Refluffle?’

Source: RIA Novosti

The new government that Vladimir Putin was putting together for Dmitry Medvedev while the latter was talking to Barack Obama and the G8 leaders in the United States has finally been presented in Moscow. © Photo Kommersant Konsta ...
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Putin's Dark Lord Keeps Power in Oil Patch

Source: Bloomberg.com

Russia's leaders have unveiled a new government that is notable in the absence of one prominent figure: Igor Sechin, the dark lord responsible for dismantling the oil empire of oligarch-turned-prisoner Mikhail Khod ...
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Russia's privatisation drive takes two steps back

Source: BNE | Business New Europe

Graham Stack in Moscow May 23, 2012 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Igor Sechin as CEO of Rosneft on May 22, whilst President Vladimir Putin added the company to a growing list of "strategic" compa ...
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Big business under threat in Putin’s Russia?, Shamil Yenikeyeff

Source: openDemocracy

The inauguration of a new president might be expected to signal a restoration of political stability. But with Vladimir Putin’s (re-)entry to the Russian presidency on 07 May 2012, Russia’s leading entrepreneurs see ...
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UPDATE 4-Putin energy 'tsar' named CEO of Russia's Rosneft

Source: Reuters

* Masterminded string of deals with Western majors * Former military linguist is trusted confidant of Putin MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Igor Sechin, one of President Vladimir Putin's closest confidants, was named CEO of Rosneft on Tuesday, putting the ...
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Putin Names Ally to Head Russian Oil Giant

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Alexander Kolyandr MOSCOW—A powerful ally of President Vladimir Putin was named chief executive of Russia's state oil company on Tuesday, completing a realignment of senior positions in Mr. Putin's new ...
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Aditya Sinha: Stalin reincarnated

Source: DNA India

Vladimir Putin is a terrifying man. Earlier, he seemed merely vain, showing off on TV his bare chest or wrestling with wild animals. Then I read Masha Gessen’s book, The Man Without A Face: The Unlikely Rise Of Vl ...
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