Lukoil
Why the Russia spy story really matters
July 13, 2010By Gregory Feifer Invisible ink, instructions concealed in images posted on the Internet, a laptop in a Barnes & Noble flashing messages to a passing van: the high-tech spycraft used by the 10 now-confessed Russian intelligence agents arrested last...
Russian car owners protesters don their own 'blue lights' (video)
May 19, 2010By Anya Ardayeva Russian lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it harder to organize a rally using vehicles in Moscow. The news comes after a growing number of rallies against special privileges for official cars and a wave of public anger...
Power vertical: Russians increasingly angry at flouting of the law
March 06, 2010By Paul Goble While Russians remain more deferential or even indifferent to the actions of the powers that be than many nations, they are increasingly agitated by two high profile cases in which members of the post-Soviet Russian elite have signaled...
Russia Facing Resistance With Allies On CIS's Southern Flank
October 09, 2009By Bruce Pannier Russia's relations with the three states that make up the southern flank of the Commonwealth Of Independent States -- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan -- have suffered severe setbacks of late. Uzbekistan has annoyed the Kremlin...
Analysis: Lukoil seeking return to Iraq with Russian government support
August 13, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor On August 8-9, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani encouraged the Russian government and companies to return to Iraq’s oil industry. He conferred with Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov, whose company...
Analysis: Lukoil at the crossroads
March 12, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor The destruction of Yukos by the Russian state left Lukoil as Russia’s largest oil company not controlled by the Kremlin, though of necessity loyal to it and often in its graces. Lukoil’s nominal...