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Another Original LR Translation: Nemstov on Putin via Essel, Part 4

2008-02-22 17:25:15 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...fund is going into ever deeper deficit: the subsidy to cover the Russian Pension Funds deficit in 2007 was 88.2 billion rubles. This will rise to 251.4 billion in 2009 (over $10 billion)....
 
Tags: pensions reform, pensions, pensions systems, pensions system, modern pensions system, russian, russian pension system, fund, pension fund deficit
 
 
 
 
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Why Should We Worry about Russia's Sovereign Wealth Fund?

2008-03-06 16:23:27 by Robert Amsterdam in Robert Amsterdam
 
...fund is comparatively tiny considering the returns that Gazprom and Rosneft are bringing in (though the dire lack of transparency of these state-owned firms make any estimation of capital...
 
Tags: fund, russia, sovereign wealth, billion stabilization fund, practice russia, sovereign wealth rules, sovereign wealth ambitions, billion, strong
 
 
 
 
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Another Original LR Translation: Nemtsov on Putin Volume I, by Essel, Part I

2008-02-17 14:25:51 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...Fund has grown to 157 billion dollars All this is true. But its only the lesser part of the truth. There are other results of Putins rule which are not covered by the state media. And these are...
 
Tags: gigantic non-government media, media, giant gazprom-media, putins, putins political, putins friends, russian, russian federation, banks owners
 
 
 
 
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The Sunday Slush Fund: More on Vladimir Putin's Personal Corruption

2008-01-06 02:27:00 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...funds. Andrey Illarionov, a market reformer and Putin's economic advisor until his resignation two years ago, alleged that the Russian government's 75 billion Stabilisation Fund, created in 2004...
 
Tags: putin, vladimir putin, putin owned, putin controls, billion stabilisation fund, billion, fund, stabilisation fund, belkovsky
 
 
 
 
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Dual Power, Time Soft on Putin, Russia Doesnt Matter, and P-Dawgs Bling

2008-01-04 20:56:17 by Sean in Sean's Russia Blog
 
...Fund? Because if Russia doesnt matter, surely the pettily youth in its near abroad does even less True, Americans should be more tuned into more pressing concerns around the world. But it...
 
Tags: putin, power, russia, medvedev-putin dyad, medvedev, putins, putins circle, matter, book putin
 
 
 
 
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Another Original LR Translation: Nemtsov on Putin, the final Installment

2008-03-01 01:22:37 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...funds they need to implement social programmes and to improve their infrastructures. Doing this will change the atmosphere in the country, take away the apathy and the fear, and lead the people...
 
Tags: efficient, efficient government involvement, nemtsov, russian, russia, russian federation, reborn russia, efficient economy, russian consumers
 
 
 
 
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Annals of Putin's Stormtroopers

2008-06-08 13:22:49 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...fund, said Russian police, under cover of an investigation for alleged tax evasion, stole documents that were then used in an attempt to defraud the fund. (The police did not comment While such...
 
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Putin's $40 billion fortune

2007-12-20 20:07:00 by AKULA in From Russia with Lies
 
...funds. The final point is in Zug [in Switzerland] and Liechtenstein. Vladimir Putin should be the beneficiary owner Putin has not commented on Belkovsky's claims. The Guardian put the...
 
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The Economist Rips Putin a New One

2008-03-04 22:44:16 by La Russophobe in La Russophobe
 
...fund, which has so far acted as a useful absorber of oil-and-gas revenues. The trade balance is deteriorating as imports boom. A weakening world economy will not only soften demand for primary...
 
Tags: putin, strong putin government, putin touts, government, putin returns, putin presidency growth, oil, oil-and-gas revenues, vladimir putin
 
 
 
 
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The Putin Generation: How Will Its Rise Affect US-Russian Relations?

2008-07-15 10:03:02 by Editor in Russia Blog
 
...fundamentally new and different challenge to the West how to deal with an increasingly prosperous and self-confident Russia Respect for the past, hope for the future Some observers of...
 
Tags: putin generation, putin generation expects, putin, putin generation poses, putin majority, view, consensus view, russians view putin, russians