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Prokhorov boosts business agenda

June 29, 2011 The Moscow News, Anna Arutunyan
The new leader of Right Cause hopes his entrepreneurial experience will prove useful

Making money by going private

June 3, 2011 Ben Aris
The Ministry of Economic Development discusses its plans for putting more state industries in private hands

Russia kicks off privatization with VTB SPO

February 15, 2011 Ben Aris
The sale of 10 percent of Russia’s second-largest bank opens a year likely to see more public offerings of state-held businesses.

Khodorkovsky verdict: The time bomb goes off

January 5, 2011 Dmitry Babich, RIA Novosti
The decision in the latest trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a long time coming, and no one should be surprised at its results.

Why Khodorkovsky cannot go free

January 5, 2011 Georgy Bovt
Russians still view Khodorkovsky as a product of the 1990s and have limited sympathy for his plight.

Russian diamond miner Alrosa faces hard times

October 27, 2010 Svetlana Sorokina
The world's largest diamond miner looks to a partial privatization to raise desperately needed funds.

Putin throws open the vaults to foreign buyers

October 26, 2010 Dmitry Dovlatov, special to Russia Now
Banking sector prepares for another sale of state assets

Kremlin almost doubles privatization

October 26, 2010 Dmitry Dovlatov, Business New Europe
New opportunities to become available for investors in banking and infrastructure

Foreign investors included in privatisation plans

August 30, 2010 Olga Razumovskaya, The Moscow Times
Property: Largest sale since early 1990s

Awaiting the crown jewels

March 30, 2010 Tim Gosling, special to Russia Now
Privatisation: Stakes in Russia’s blue-chip companies to be released

The companies that Russia keeps

March 17, 2010 Tim Gosling, BNE
The Russian government has made a big deal of putting some of its assets up for auction, but closer look reveals that not much is really on offer.

State opens up on privatisation plans

December 2, 2009 Anatoly Medetsky, The Moscow Times
Assets: Government hopes to raise £1.6bn

Privatisation: the sale of the century

October 30, 2009 Martin Gilman, economist
Opinion: once it was nationalisation, now it's...

A Russia without oligarchs

March 24, 2009 Konstantin Sonin, The Moscow Times
Once the economic crisis ends, the Russian government will face the question of how to carry out privatization properly

Can the market do better than the state?

July 29, 2008 Vedomosti
The reform of the electricity sector was launched with three goals in mind: to supply enough electricity for everyone, cut the number of accidents and blackouts, and fix acceptable prices for suppliers and consumers.

Reprivatization: for or against?

January 30, 2008