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09.03.10
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CPR On Mortgages
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| By Tai Adelaja |
The past 18 months have been testy times for young Russians looking to purchase a home they could call their own. But come April, the difficult times may be over, as the government starts paying more serious attention to the idea of using Russian taxpayer money to get at the root of the nation’s mortgage problem: the higher-than-average interest rates that scare off potential borrowers. Read more  |
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05.03.10
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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Ukraine’s New President
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| Introduced by Vladimir Frolov |
| Ukraine has just had a successful presidential election, choosing Viktor Yanukovich, the leader of the Party of the Regions, as its fourth president. He has promised to embrace relations with Europe while simultaneously renewing ties with Russia, but it is not clear how he will achieve this goal. Read more |
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04.03.10
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Street Justice
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| By Roland Oliphant |
| Last Thursday morning a Mercedes carrying LUKoil Vice president Anatoly Barkov collided with a red Citroen C3, killing two respected doctors, 36-year-old Olga Aleksandrina and 72-year-old Vera Sidelnikova, a prominent gynecologist. Read more |
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03.03.10
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The Day Of A Woman
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| By Svetlana Kononova |
| March 8 is a very special day for every female in Russia. Men on the streets and on the metro carry bouquets of yellow mimosas and colorful tulips, congratulating their mothers, wives and female colleagues. Restaurants, bars and strip clubs are crammed with inebriated women celebrating their holiday. Read more |
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02.03.10
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Looking Ahead To Sochi
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| By Roland Oliphant |
After the national debacle in Vancouver, the Russian authorities are taking out all the stops to ensure that the Sochi 2014 games are a success. But why is Sochi so important for the ruling elite, and can it turn around its athletes’ fortunes in time for the home performance?
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01.03.10
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Treasure Mainland
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| By Svetlana Kononova |
| In February, the Swedish furniture firm IKEA fired two executive managers in Russia for involvement in a corruption scandal. The managers, one Swedish and the other Swiss, had “looked the other way” when bribes were given by a subcontractor in order to resolve a power supply issue at the MEGA shopping mall in St. Petersburg. Read more |
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27.02.10
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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Medvedev’s War On Russia’s Police
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| Introduced by Vladimir Frolov |
| President Dmitry Medvedev has made sweeping police reform into a crucial element of his political agenda, seeking to transform and rebuild one of the most corrupt and ineffective of Russia’s public institutions. Medvedev has waged a fully-fledged war on corruption in Russia’s Interior Ministry over the past year. Read more |
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26.02.10
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Scaling Mount Olympus
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| By Tom Balmforth |
| As Vancouver 2010 comes to a close, it will be a worried Russian delegation that is officially handed the Olympic standard in preparation for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games on Sunday. Russians will want to avoid a repeat of this year’s feeble haul of medals on home ground in 2014. Read more |
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24.02.10
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Facing The Firing Squad
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| By Roland Oliphant |
| Russia’s Interior Ministry has never been particularly popular. Visitors to the country have long been warned by their hosts to beware of police shake-downs and bogus document checks. But the ministry had an especially bad 2009. Read more |
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19.02.10
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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Should Modernization Be Imposed?
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| Introduced by Vladimir Frolov |
| Last week, President Dmitry Medvedev called on the leaders of big business to contribute to the modernization of the economy. Medvedev asked Russia’s business leaders to come up with a list of specific innovation projects involving cutting-edge technologies that would open new markets for Russian-made high-tech products. Read more |
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