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BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 Jason Bush	Russia: Why Business Is Rushing Into Politics Although Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky landed in jail on charges of tax evasion, many observers suspect Putin really wanted to curb the billionaire's growing political influence. Khodorkovsky, after all, was financing the Kremlin's opposition. More businessmen are vying to become Duma deputies than ever.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow	Russia: A Big Chill For Business? Putin's move against Khodorkovsky probably won't extend to others.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin	Out to Get the Richest Russian? Pro-American energy magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky of oil giant Yukos is under a fierce legal attack. Why? He offers some answers here.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Kranz & Bush	When Powers Collide: Putin vs. Khodorkovsky Many in Moscow say the real reason for the Kremlin's attack was the tycoon's campaign last summer to stymie all efforts to raise taxes on the oil industry, which was raking in billions of extra profits as the price of crude rose.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Jason Bush	Murky Dealings In Russia's Oil Patch Why is the Kremlin going after giant Yukos just when it may be on the verge of a megadeal with Exxon?
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Jason Bush	Putin May Be Clearing A Path Toward Change Before Vladimir V. Putin's widely anticipated landslide reelection victory on Mar. 14, he dismissed his entire government on Feb. 24.
Knowledge@Wharton	Yukos and the Wild, Wild East: Can Putin Win the Showdown? Wharton faculty and others offer different interpretations of the reasons for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's jailing and the potential fallout for Russian businesses and foreign investors.
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Arkhipov & Meyer	Khodorkovsky's Jailhouse Interview The imprisoned oligarch says that 10 percent GDP growth for Russia is impossible unless oil sells at $200 a barrel.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Jason Bush	Commentary: Can Putin Contain The Fallout? Despite the Yukos crackdown, Russian President Vladimir Putin is struggling to keep economic reform on track.
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick	Russian Oil Rumbles With the recent arrest of a Russian oil "oligarch" and the disruption of a merger between two of the country's largest oil companies, the seeming shift in the Russian government's attitude toward its oil companies may herald future change in how the western oil industry does business there.
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Jason Bush	Sizzling Growth Could Singe Russia's Economy Russia's economy has never looked healthier. Growth is spiking upward, inflation is falling, Russia's external trade and government finances are both in surplus, foreign debt is low, and foreign exchange reserves are mushrooming. It almost seems too good to be true. Perhaps it is.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Jason Bush in Moscow	Russia's Stock Market Is Full of Gas With prices up and fear of Kremlin meddling in business fading, investors are pouring into Russian stocks. Will it last?
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Jason Bush	A Renegade Looks Beyond Siberia Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is up for parole in Siberia in 2007, but his release is unlikely with Putin in power.
Reason April 2008 Cathy Young	After Putin As Vladimir Putin prepares to step down and orchestrate his succession, Russia continues to roll back freedom -- but not all the way back.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Jason Bush	Deciphering Putin Autocrat? Democrat? The truth is more complex
Reason April 2009 Cathy Young	Unclenching the Fist U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004	Yukos: The Moment Of Reckoning Tax and loan bills for Russia's second-largest oil company are now past due. How will Putin choose to wield his ax?
Reason January 2006 Cathy Young	The Tsars Come Out A decade ago, Russia seemed to be traveling a bumpy road toward a liberal society. Today, the general consensus is that it's slouching toward some variety of authoritarianism.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004	The Unraveling of Putin's Power The massing of thousands of Ukrainians to protest the rigged election of Putin-backed candidate Viktor Yanukovych as their next leader has dealt a telling blow in Moscow.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Kranz & Bush	Putin's Game Westerners think the Russian President is turning back the clock to its Soviet past. The reality is much more complicated.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Paul Starobin	Russia Five years after the great ruble crash, the economy is booming. But how much is Russia really changing?
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Jason Bush	Turning Russian Oil Into A Tax Gusher Public outcry has prompted Putin to squeeze drillers for more revenue
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Bill Mann	YUKOS' Slippery Situation The world's fourth-largest oil company teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Is it all for governmental revenge?
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Jason Bush	Putin's Russia: Is the Economy Next? There's no doubt the Russian President is trying to centralize all political power inside the Kremlin. Experts fear that he also may clamp down on free-market reforms.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 John Rossant	Continental Divides As EU expansion nears, relations with Russia are getting tense
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005	Bush and Putin: Strains Are Showing While both governments are expected to remain pragmatic on a number of issues, their diverging visions could become the real problem
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Jason Bush	The Billionaire Who May Bag Yukos As its merger with Sibneft falters, all eyes are on Roman Abramovich.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004	Yukos' Troubles Hit Russia's Market Russia's stock market has nosedived amid growing fears that Yukos, Russia's largest oil company by market capitalization, is on the brink of bankruptcy.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Bush & Olearchyk	Putin's Biggest Blunder Is the Russian president losing his touch? Once admired for his steely efficiency, Putin suddenly doesn't seem to be able to get anything right.
Reason July 2007 Cathy Young	The Good Czar Every day in President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a reminder that the window of freedom the country enjoyed in the Yeltsin era (and even, in some respects, in the tail end of the Gorbachev years) is closing.
InternetNews May 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola Gear Expands Russian Carrier's Coverage Motorola's network equipment division has won an $80 million order from Mobile TeleSystems, the latest deal between the mobile equipment maker and Russia's largest wireless provider.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Death and Taxes in Russia Fateful words. Over the past month, Russia's tax police have been very busy, "discovering" huge arrears in taxes owed for fiscal years 2002 and 2003. Total tax demands on YUKOS now stand at roughly $25 billion.
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 Jason Bush	After Putin, Who? Medvedev's promotion makes him front-runner for Russia's President, for now.
Salon.com October 9, 2000 Jeffrey Tayler	The end of the affair Russia's support for the ouster of Slobodan Milosevic reflects a desire to cut its losses, not a pro-Western change of heart...
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Jason Bush	How Russia Slid Backwards Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser offers a persuasive case that Putin--and the KGB--have reimposed authoritarian rule.
Financial Advisor January 2008 Jeff Schlegel	Another BRIC In The Wall Winston Churchill once famously described Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Investors today might feel the same way, given the dichotomy between its enticing growth prospects and the uncertainties raised by the increasing authoritarianism of President Vladimir Putin.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Jason Bush	Murder Most Foul In Moscow The murder of Paul Klebnikov, 41, a U.S. citizen and editor of the recently launched Russian edition of Forbes, casts more doubt on Russia's commitment to a civil society.
BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Jason Bush	Business In Russia Just Got Riskier Former Yukos auditor PwC could face criminal charges in a politically tinged case.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Jason Bush	The Bigger Gazprom Grows, the Further Russia Backslides Yugansk, the main production subsidiary of the troubled Russian oil company Yukos, looks almost certain to be acquired by Gazprom, Russia's giant state-dominated gas concern. If the deal goes through, serious market reform is endangered.
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Jason Bush	The Kinks In Russia's Oil Pipeline If Yukos is dismembered, the surviving private companies are bound to think twice before investing. Global oil markets -- and Russia -- would suffer as a result.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Jason Bush	The Yank Caught in Yukos' Nightmare The job of rescuing the Russian oil giant has fallen to an American who arrived in Moscow just over a year ago. Now, CEO Steven Theede has a thankless job: Trying to hold the company together.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Jason Bush	Mixed Messages From The Kremlin As Putin tries to win back foreign investment, nationalist forces seem to be pushing it away. But foreign investors also know that with Russia, patience can pay off.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Jason Bush	In Russia, The Taxman Cometh -- Again And Again More companies in Russia are getting slammed by back-tax bills. As long as Putin cares more about political control than about Russia's investment climate, businesses will continue to wonder if they could be the next Yukos.
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Henry Meyer	Medvedev Shakes Up the Kremlin Russian President Medvedev may be starting a new push for shareholder rights by removing state officials from top corporate boards.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Jason Bush	What's Holding Back A Flood Of Russian Oil If Russia is pumping so much crude, why does oil cost $60 a barrel? One reason is that Russia's oil boom has been followed by a dramatic crunch.
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Jason Bush	Russia: Spreading The Oil Wealth Putin is vastly boosting social spending. Will that sidetrack economic reform?
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Jason Bush	Getting Past Yukos At a time when oil prices are spiking and new fields are scarce, the global oil companies are looking hungrily at Russia despite the Putin vs. Yukos debacle.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Rich Smith	Russian Market in Gulag Investors have been punishing such fine companies as telecoms Mobile Telesystems, VimpelCom, and dairy king Wimm-Bill-Dann for the sins of the oil barons who run Russia's oil and gas sector.
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