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Russian Baring Vostok Executives Could Face Years in Detention

Ivan Zyuzin, Vagan Abgaryan and Maxim Vladimirov face a full year in jail before the case even has a chance of going to trial.

There’s a New Way to Buy Booming Russian Stocks – ETFs

Exchange-traded funds make buying exotic stocks like Russian shares easy and cheap.

Ozon Battling It Out for E-Commerce Supremacy in Russia

The race is on to capture as many loyal customers as possible.

Where is Russia’s Stock Market Headed This Year?

The outlook is hazy and investors are looking at a few names rather than the market as a whole.

opinion Ben Aris

Putin Is a Victim of His Own Success

Russians have experienced a degree of economic and personal stability, and now they want more.

opinion Ben Aris

Boycotting the St. Petersburg Economic Forum Won’t Free Calvey

One month after Michael Calvey’s dramatic arrest, his future remains uncertain.

opinion Ben Aris

Harshest Sanctions Yet Won’t Force Moscow to Change Its Way

U.S. threatens new round of sanctions but Russia is ready.

opinion Ben Aris

U.S. Investor Calvey's Arrest Just Another Brick in the Wall

The Calvey affair will give Russia’s image yet another bloody nose, but its nose was already bleeding.

opinion Ben Aris

Sleeves Up at This Year’s Gaidar Forum

Russia’s banks and companies are back in profit, but the population are miserable and feel poor.

Even the Specter of Sanctions Is Hurting Russia (Op-ed)

Sometimes just the promise of sanctions is as damaging as the real thing.

opinion Ben Aris

Remembering Russia’s 1998 Financial Crisis (Op-ed)

The whole economy fell to pieces all at once.

Russia's Ruble Is Sliding, Pulled Down by the Collapse of the Turkish Lira

The threat of U.S. sanctions is also causing the ruble to spiral.

opinion Ben Aris

Russia's World Cup Will Pay Off. Just Not Today (Op-ed)

A ruble for every kopeck?

opinion Ben Aris

What to Expect From the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (Op-ed)

The dominant theme at SPIEF will be 'keep doing what you're doing, just do it better.'

Russia’s Economic Recovery Remains a Challenge

Putin’s choice of economic model in 2018 will set Russia’s course for the next decade

Russia Inc Goes Into Profit as the Budget Breakeven Price for Oil Falls to $53

The budget’s breakeven price of oil has always been a good benchmark for where the Russian government is at

How Russia's Bank Clean-Up Got Hijacked and Landed a Senator in Jail

The cleanup of Russia’s banking sector is proving dangerous for some owners

Russia's Banking Sector Is on the Mend After a Catastrophic Summer

The banking sector is starting to recover and back in overall profit – just

Russia’s Import Substitution Has Not Been a Great Success

One of the only industries in which the import substitution has worked is cheese production

Russia Debates how to Regulate Bitcoins

What is missing is the regulation to protect investors from fraud

Former Russian Finance Minister Slams Military Spending

Russia's excessive military spending has left the fields of infrastructure, health, science and education largely underdeveloped.

Russia's Blockchain Revolution

Russia has gone a bit blockchain bonkers.

Bankruptcies on the Rise in Russia

Russian companies are still feeling shockwaves from the 2008 financial crisis and shrinking government budgets

Russian Gas Deliveries to Turkey Soar in September

Putin’s ultimate goal seems to be to win over Turkey from the West's sphere of influence

Oil Prices Rise to Highest Level in Two Years

The jump in oil prices will come as a blessing for Russia

opinion Ben Aris

Specter of Money Haunts Ukraine's Turmoil

Russia is not the villain here. The crisis is rooted in money, and Yanukovych's efforts to stave off Ukraine's bankruptcy forced him into Putin's...

Diki Kapitalism: Economists Criticize Unexpected Interest-Rate Hike

The Central Bank unexpected hiked overnight interest rates by 0.25 percent to 8.25 percent to head off rising inflation, in a move that economists...

opinion Ben Aris

Diki Kapitalism: Is the Sentiment Pendulum Swinging Back in Russia's Direction?

Last week, fund manager megastar Jim Rogers said he might start investing in Russia, and Russia has attracted more portfolio investment than any other...

Why Is WTO Accession Important?

It's done. After an 18-year humiliating wait in the anteroom, Russia finally ratified the WTO protocol on Tuesday, June 10, and is now a fully paid-up...

Russian Economy Showing Signs of Overheating

Kolya is back in Moscow to interview for jobs. A Russian national, he has just graduated from Liverpool University, where he majored in business but has...

opinion Ben Aris

When Global Oil Giants Dance With the Kremlin

BP's hopes to partner with Rosneft in exploring the Arctic and producing lots of oil for decades to come were dashed this week after the Russian...

Disabled in Moscow: A 15-Year Reunion

About 15 years ago, I attended a little party in a hospital in the south of Moscow. This was not any ordinary ward. It was dedicated to caring for children...

opinion Ben Aris

The Reckless Road to Waste

RIA-Novosti ran a comparison of how much it costs to build a road in Moscow, the rest of Russia, the European Union, the United States and China. The differences...