Mart sees promise in Russia, X5 denies deal
February 15th, 2012
Wal-Mart's Khasis told the Russia Today TV channel earlier this week that Russia "is the best market for retail in the world" and that "the only way of entering the Russian market now is buying some of the existing players". Renaissance Capital analysts ...
Russia Calls for Compromise With Iran Over Nuclear Issue
February 15th, 2012
Russia argues that time is running out for peaceful negotiations ... but failed," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday on state television. Mohammad Khazaee, Iran's ambassador to the U.N., said Iran is ready to talk with the ...
Syria, Russia: It all looks different from out there
February 12th, 2012
The Russians appear increasingly dug in. On Thursday, Russia’s vice-minister of defense, Anatoly Antonov, was quoted as saying on Russian television that Russian military personnel are deployed in various sites around Syria. (See here as well.)