Investing in Russia: Bullish about the bear's market

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Inevitably, the drive to centralise power in Russia is sparking horror-headlines in the west about a return to the Soviet system, but people in government there remain extremely receptive to foreign investment. Western companies in the fast moving consumer and financial services sectors find it a relatively open market in which to operate and the growing middle classes are enjoying the benefits now but may eventually become more demanding.

United States, Foreign investments, Economic aspects, Political aspects, Review of past year, Business conditions

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Time to spend

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Russia has officially been on-board for almost a decade and has become increasingly involved in policy coordination on geopolitical and security matters, but it is still not part of the core G7 forum for macroeconomic, exchange rate and financial policy discussions. Russia's position within G8 might change in the 2006 G8 summit because of its strength as an energy producer.

Analysis, Russian foreign relations, Geopolitics

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Primed to explode

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The tragic death of Chechnya's President, Akhmad Kadyrov in a bomb explosion at Grozny has left Russia's Chechen policy in tatters, as he was the Kremlin's man in the region. Observers say that the unfortunate gives the Russians a chance to rethink their Chechen policy as more than 25000 Russian soldiers lost their lives in the conflict.

Presidents, Presidents (Government), Military aspects, Chechnya, Russia, Casualties, Death of, Explosions, Kadyrov, Akhmad

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