Aug 26, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia, Southeast Asia
The Russia-Singapore Business Forum (RSBF) was originally set up with a simple mission to create greater understanding of Russia and the CIS regions. Since its conception in 2006, RSBF has gathered momentum each year, establishing itself as the most effective platform...
Aug 26, 2013 | Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times OSLO — Statoil, one of the most successful oil explorers in recent years, sees offshore Angolan and Russian shale as the industry’s next big plays and considers U.S. shale oil overhyped, its exploration chief Tim Dodson said. The firm, which has...
Aug 26, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
The Moscow Times WASHINGTON — Russian-American venture capital firm Almaz Capital has expanded its Silicon Valley team, adding a new managing director and a new investment chief, the firm has announced. Ross Hangebrauck, a former Navy SEAL, financial adviser and...
Aug 26, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Vadim Varshavsky, founder of the steel holding company Estar, is trying to regain the assets he sold to the now debt-laden Russian steel and coal producer Mechel. The first business returned will be the Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant, a steel...
Aug 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
The Moscow Times A joint venture of the Italian energy company ERG and LUKoil, Lukerg Renew, has received approval to buy four wind energy companies in northeastern Bulgaria and beef up its clean energy profile in Europe. The Bulgarian Competition Protection...
Aug 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov’s investment vehicle, Nafta Moskva, raised its stake in Russian potash producer Uralkali by 4.55 percent last month, but before the company’s market-shaking fallout with Belarussian partner Belaruskali last...
