Comments on: BP’s Russian Adventure

By: Paolo B

Paolo B — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:30:16 +0000

An interesting one from Economist that gives a “Putinseque” vision: http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/europeview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11999551

By: Tim Coldwell

Tim Coldwell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:59:00 +0000

I’m afraid that even the BBC coverage has been towing the western political line and in interviews the Russian EU ambassador has run rings around the BBC journos. The Russians, it seems to me, have been perfectly logical in recognizing the breakaway statelets.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:25:08 +0000

I have almost no respect for the current American media. Ownership is too consolidated, reporting is generally poor, staffs are cut to the bone, and there is almost nothing left of the proud press I grew up depending upon and admiring.

If you want the news, I would recommend reading the British press, or local press where the news event you care about is happening.

But you are absolutely right about this story being ignored or suppressed; it didn’t fit our self-styled story of wanting to be the victim, or wanting our side to be the victim.

In war, truth is always the first casualty.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:25:49 +0000

Could you give us your opinion on why you think the mainstream media has underreported that Georgia was the initial aggressor killing nearly 2000 people on the first night of the Russian and Georgian conflict?

By: Tim Coldwell

Tim Coldwell — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:24:01 +0000

Mean Street: Russia Says “We Will Bury You, Shareholders.”
Posted by Deal Journal

This weekend, a Barron’s/Value Line Survey identified America’s best fund manager. It is Jan-Wim Derks of the ING Russia Fund. “This is the best time to make money,” pronounced the No. 1-ranked Derks.

Ironically, Barron’s real #1, Rupert Murdoch, would beg to disagree. A week ago, in talking about News Corp. in Russia, Murdoch observed, “We have great growing business there but…the more I read about investments in Russia, the less I like the feel of it. The more successful we’d be, the more vulnerable we’d be to have it stolen from us, so there we sell now.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/08/11/mean-street-russia-says-we-will-bury-you-shareholders/

Rupert seems to know who is up who

By: Tim Coldwell

Tim Coldwell — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:37:45 +0000

Russian underperformance

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/08/13/15051/russian-underperformance/

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aIGZtwiJi8MA&refer=home

By: Paolo B

Paolo B — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:21:37 +0000

Well this is the Vladi way to do business isn’t it?

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831857,00.html?cnn=yes