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BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Jason Bush |
The Curse Of $50 A Barrel Why steep oil prices may prove catastrophic for Russia's economy.   |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Jason Bush |
From Black Hole To Blue Chip Russia boasts investment-grade ratings six years after a $40 billion debt default |
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
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
July 4, 2005 |
Is The Economic Boom Ending For Russia? Concerns are growing about Russia's economy. |
BusinessWeek
October 3, 2005
Jason Bush |
Russia: Spreading The Oil Wealth Putin is vastly boosting social spending. Will that sidetrack economic reform? |
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
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
October 27, 2003
Stanley Reed |
Commentary: The Other Saudi Arabia? Russia is fast reemerging as the oil power to challenge OPEC. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Jason Bush |
Turning Russian Oil Into A Tax Gusher Public outcry has prompted Putin to squeeze drillers for more revenue |
BusinessWeek
December 18, 2006
Jason Bush |
Russia: How Long Can The Fun Last? In Russia, consumers are flush and foreign investment is up. Then there's the government interference - and corruption. |
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
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
April 26, 2004
Coy, Reed & Bush |
The Trouble With Gushing Oil Demand Traders, worried about any interruption in supply, have bid up oil prices. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004 |
Buying A Piece Of Russia ConocoPhillips bought a 7.59% stake in Russia's biggest oil company, and may up its stake to 20% within two or three years. |
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. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Davis, Ossowski, Daniel & Barnett |
Oil Funds: Problems Posing as Solutions? Heavy dependence on oil revenues---which are volatile and unpredictable, and will, sooner or later, dry up---greatly complicates a country's fiscal policy. To tackle these problems, many oil-producing countries are setting up oil funds. But are these really a solution, or just a problem posing as one? |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Jason Bush |
Pushing Back Against Putin Do Russian protests against the President's benefit cuts signal increasing instability? |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Jason Bush |
Cracks In The Kremlin A messy battle over the control of oil assets is the latest sign that Putin's administration is in disarray. |
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
February 28, 2005
J. Bush & W. Zellner |
Russia: So Much For The Oil Giants' Next Frontier For global oil companies desperate to replace their dwindling reserves, Russia is increasingly tipped as the next frontier. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
OPEC: Where All Those Petrodollars Will Go With oil prices touching $54 per barrel, how will the transfer of wealth from oil-consuming countries to oil producers play out in the global economy? |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Jason Bush |
After Putin, Who? Medvedev's promotion makes him front-runner for Russia's President, for now. |
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. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003
Barnett & Ossowski |
What Goes Up... Why oil-producing states must husband their resources |
BusinessWeek
October 2, 2006
Reed & Bush |
A Gusher For Big Oil Is Drying Up It's a new world for oil companies. Western giants used to have easy pickings in Russia. Now Moscow is taking a harder line. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Jason Bush |
Oil: What's Russia Really Sitting On? As more Russian oil becomes recoverable, reserve estimates are skyrocketing. Recently revised estimates pushed its total proven oil reserves to 69.1 billion barrels, up from 45 billion bbl. in 2001. And that may just scratch the surface of its real potential. |
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
March 14, 2005
Peter Coy |
Oil Stocks: Only Patient Investors Need Apply Inventories are up, and prices are likely to fall -- not a recipe for quick profits. |
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
April 10, 2006
Jason Bush |
Rosneft: A Deal Both Tempting And Troubling Russian oil giant Rosneft has vast reserves, but its controversial past has investors wary. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2004
Rich Smith |
Russian Bear Gains Weight Despite a spate of bad news, Russia's economy continues to grow. By buying into some gold-standard U.S. companies, an investor can partake of Russia's growth while considerably limiting the risk of suffering a "YUKOS." |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Andrei Nesterenko |
The Modernization Challenge Facing President Putin Having established and strengthened basic market and democratic institutions during the 1990s, Russia became an emerging market country that badly needs a modernization breakthrough. How can the government of President Vladimir Putin attain this goal? |
Geotimes
December 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Global Oil Hot Spots As consumers continue to face higher gas prices at the pump, petroleum geologists continue to search the world for oil and natural gas. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Majors Return to Russian Oil Fields There's a resurgence of interest among Western oil companies in Russia. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: How The U.S. Is Riding Out The Energy Storm Broader demand plus lower inflation and interest rates help bolster growth in the U.S. economy. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Patricia Panchak |
Betting On A Russian Revival Investing in the former Soviet Republic is still risky, but many U.S. manufacturers think it's worth the gamble. Here's why. |
BusinessWeek
October 4, 2004 |
Total Makes A Move In Russia's Oil Patch French oil giant Total has bought about 25% of Novatek, Russia's largest independent gas producer, for an estimated price of $1 billion. |
BusinessWeek
September 26, 2005
Reed & Palmeri |
Open Season On Big Oil An angry public wants quick relief from high gas prices. Here's why none is in sight. |
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
July 9, 2007
Stanley Reed |
The Problem's Not Peak Oil, It's Politics Go-it-alone governments are choking back oil output to perilous levels. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Bigger Than LUKOIL? Watch for the emergence of a new Russian state oil company that could make some waves. The new company would be larger than publicly traded energy giants such as ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Peter Coy & Forest |
Why Is Oil So Expensive Again? More demand and fears of Mideast extremism are two reasons, but prices could ease soon |
