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		<title>Russian Business Environment Update &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/04/14/russian-business-environment-update-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic Fundamentals Economic indicators over the past year were mixed, although a consensus view appears to be forming that they were a net negative and, notably, underscored the long-run structural deficiencies in Russia&#8217;s economic development model rather than short-term risks. &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/04/14/russian-business-environment-update-part-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1120&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson-Vanik: Exit, Stage Left</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/03/14/jackson-vanik-exit-stage-left/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a now-infamous study on the subject of &#8220;decision fatigue,&#8221; which looked at decisions by Israeli judges to grant vs. deny parole. The researchers found a wildly skewed trend in the judge&#8217;s decisions, but not by criminal history, ethnicity, &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/03/14/jackson-vanik-exit-stage-left/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1108&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to Make of Putin&#8217;s Anti-Offshore Crusade</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/01/22/what-to-make-of-putins-anti-offshore-crusade/</link>
		<comments>http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/01/22/what-to-make-of-putins-anti-offshore-crusade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, PM Putin addressed the Government Commission on Electricity Generation. At the meeting, Putin launched into a searing critique of Russian companies using offshore &#8220;front companies.&#8221; Indeed, Putin noted, &#8220;Taking the Russian economy and its strategic sectors out of &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/01/22/what-to-make-of-putins-anti-offshore-crusade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1092&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tipping Points &#8211; Handicapping the Chances of an &#8216;Arab Spring&#8217; in Russia</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/01/06/tipping-points-handicapping-the-chances-of-an-arab-spring-in-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are the Protesters? VTSIOM recently published a survey of the protesters, conducted at the rally at Sakharov Prospekt on Dec. 24. The survey results confirmed other reports that the protesters are mainly drawn from educated, urbanized elites, prompting the &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2012/01/06/tipping-points-handicapping-the-chances-of-an-arab-spring-in-russia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1080&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ghost of Medvedev&#8217;s Presidency Lives on &#8230; in Putin</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/11/12/the-ghost-of-medvedevs-presidency-lives-on-in-putin/</link>
		<comments>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/11/12/the-ghost-of-medvedevs-presidency-lives-on-in-putin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, PM Putin did his annual sit-down with the Valdai discussion club. Since its inception, the Valdai meeting has come to be seen as a forum where Putin relaxes the message discipline and says what he thinks without much of &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/11/12/the-ghost-of-medvedevs-presidency-lives-on-in-putin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1068&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Sectors Law Update &#8211; Draft Amendments and Commission on Foreign Investment Meeting</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/11/10/strategic-sectors-law-update-draft-amendments-and-commission-on-foreign-investment-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, PM Putin chaired the latest meeting of the Commission on Foreign Investment and the following day the draft amendments to the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) entered their third reading, after languishing in 2nd reading purgatory since the summer. &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/11/10/strategic-sectors-law-update-draft-amendments-and-commission-on-foreign-investment-meeting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1055&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Putin to Return to Presidency, Medvedev to be PM</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/09/24/putin-to-return-to-presidency-medvedev-to-be-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Russia&#8217;s elite has succumbed to &#8216;Titanic Syndrome&#8217; &#8211; hoping to steal a bit more under the existing arrangement rather than squarely confront the serious problems that face their economy/society. It really is an unfortunate choice for Russia and do &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/09/24/putin-to-return-to-presidency-medvedev-to-be-pm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1051&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Putin Guessing Game</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/08/23/the-putin-guessing-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is getting to be that time of year &#8211; it has almost been exactly four years since the last time Putin, then as President, had Russia and many foreign observers on the edge of their seats waiting for any &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/08/23/the-putin-guessing-game/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1042&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Sectors Law Update &#8211; Second Meeting of 2011</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/07/21/strategic-sectors-law-update-second-meeting-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jesseheath</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 20, 2011, the Commission on Foreign Investments met for the second time this year and reviewed 13 applications from foreign investors wishing to pursue business projects in Russia. Deals Reviewed Total S.A.&#8211;20.5%&#8211;&#62;OAO &#8220;Yamal LNG&#8221; This is part of &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/07/21/strategic-sectors-law-update-second-meeting-of-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1029&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IKEA in Russia &#8211; Light at the End of the Tunnel?</title>
		<link>http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/06/21/ikea-in-russia-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been six months since I last wrote on IKEA, and I thought it was time to check in on TRM&#8217;s favorite foreign investor in Russia.  In December, it appeared that IKEA&#8217;s problems were only getting worse.  The whole story &#8230; <a href="http://therussiamonitor.com/2011/06/21/ikea-in-russia-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therussiamonitor.com&#038;blog=8612152&#038;post=1023&#038;subd=therussiamonitor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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