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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.   |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Head of Russian degree-awarding regulator arrested Felix Shamkhalov, Chairman of the Russian Higher Attestation Commission, a national government agency that oversees awarding of advanced academic degrees, has been arrested on charges of money laundering and issuing false dissertations. |
Chemistry World
May 11, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Scientists protest over political firing of Russian chemist The Russian chemistry community is on the verge of a serious conflict with the national government, over the sacking of a high-profile chemist who has criticized state policies related to science funding. |
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2009
Jason Bush |
Russia's Lawyers Under Attack Human rights advocates have long been targets in Russia. Now even corporate attorneys aren't safe. |
Chemistry World
April 26, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit Russian science The Russian government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an audit of the country's scientific organizations and scientists. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Russia pays high scientific price over Ukraine The annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia and the subsequent tensions over Ukraine has seen the US Department of Energy impose a ban on scientists from Russia working in its physics and chemistry laboratories. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Russia faces international scientific blockade Russian science's isolation is deepening, reflected by dwindling international research cooperation, as well as restrictions on the country's scientists' access to equipment and western journals. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Russian scientists claim state reform will 'kill science' In a statement, the government claimed that the current system is plagued by a lack of coordination, particularly in managing their finances and buildings and infrastructure. |
Chemistry World
May 20, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Petition calls for science minister to go A group of Russian scientists and members of the Russian Parliament has called on President Vladimir Putin to fire Dmitry Livanov, Minister of Education and Science, and to evaluate the rate of efficiency of reforms that are currently being conducted in the domestic science and higher education. |
Chemistry World
November 7, 2011
Eugene Gerden |
Russia Books Place at Science Top Table The Innovative Russia 2020 scheme should see science funding rise to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP. However, some critics think the scheme is overambitious and predict that implementation will run into bureacratic problems. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2013
Eugene Gerden |
Duma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform On Tuesday and Wednesday, scientists and students met outside the Duma to protest the proposed reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which have been undergoing further readings this week. |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Scientists claim Russia's science plan lacks ambition Scientists at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, have called the education ministry's science and technology program for 2013 -- 2020 irrelevant. |
Chemistry World
February 2, 2010
Ned Stafford |
Russian science losing its edge Research in Russia, considered a scientific powerhouse during the cold war years, has faded in global importance since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s and now is lagging behind China and India. |
BusinessWeek
June 5, 2008
Jason Bush |
BP: Roughed Up in Russia The oil giant's problems with local authorities in Russia are mounting. |
Chemistry World
February 24, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Economic crisis to erode Russia's science base Russian government funding for scientific research will be cut by at least 10% this year, as part of a crisis plan recently unveiled. |
Chemistry World
July 10, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Funding changes worry Russian scientists Despite massive cuts to state spending this year, the government will keep funding national science at the same level as 2014. But changes in the way that the funding will be distributed has caused alarm. |
BusinessWeek
August 9, 2004
Jason Bush |
A Renaissance For Russian Science Student enrollments are up, and multinationals are chasing grads. However, without an influx of qualified teachers, Russian science may be living on borrowed time. |
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
January 6, 2011 |
Hermitage Fund's William Browder The Hermitage Fund founder and former Putin ally on how exposing corruption in Russia upended his business and changed his worldview |
Chemistry World
May 3, 2012
Eugene Gerden |
Russia to ease qualification vetting bureaucracy The Russian ministry of education has put forward plans to simplify the process for recognising the qualifications of foreign specialists, who want to work in the country. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Lyubov Pronina |
Dreams of an iPad Economy for Russia Russia's President has hopes for a new tech corridor near Moscow, but can the country overcome corruption, lack of innovation, and a slow-moving state sector? |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Moon Ihlwan in Seoul |
Want Innovation? Hire A Russian Korean companies are cashing in by signing up low-cost engineers |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Ivan Martchev |
Russia Will Always Be Cheap Russia remains a country with a lot of potential unlikely to be completely realized, because of the nature of its political environment. |
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
August 13, 2007
Eamon Javers |
I Spy--For Capitalism Trident may be the only U.S. corporate-intelligence firm staffed by ex-KGB agents. |
Chemistry World
March 25, 2014
Eugene Gerden |
Russian chemical industry to take a hit The Russian chemical industry looks set for a serious crisis, as the country's flagship chemical producer, Khimprom, faces liquidation. The closure could have a knock-on effect on other Russian producers. |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2008
Victoria Gill |
Could Afghanistan's Opium Crop be Legalised? This year's opium harvest in Afghanistan will be 'shockingly high', according to figures released this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2015
Eugene Gerden |
Ban proposed on recruitment of Russian talent to reverse brain drain The Russian parliament is planning to ban overseas non-profit organisations from luring away the country's top students and skilled workers. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
"Nothing human left" A journalist who disguised herself as a Chechen woman talks about the atrocities of the war, the cowardice of Western journalists and the dim hopes for peace... |
Sports Illustrated
August 6, 2002
E.M. Swift |
Goldfellas An alleged fix at Salt Lake is the latest link between organized crime and Russian athletes. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Is Russia Becoming an Investment Gulag? With all that's occurring in Russia these days, how long will it be before Western investment in that nation grinds to a halt? |
