New article for the Moscow Times: Another Russian monopoly could undergo privatization this year. After announcements of plans to sell parts of, among others, the diamond company Alrosa and the country’s second-largest bank VTB, the latter could play a crucial role in the privatization of a stake in Rostelecom, a land line national operator that might soon expand into mobile, boosting its valuation and, consequently, privatization prospects. […]
My new opinion piece for Moscow Times – the Shale Show continued: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/shale-boom-forces-kremlin-to-focus-on-arctic/476425.html
My new piece for Moscow Times: Read more:http://www.themoscowtimes.com//article/shopping-in-europe-gazprom-expands-southward-welcomed-by-croatian-president/474498.html#ixzz2MECHK5wj The Moscow Times
My new piece for the Moscow Times: Russian Railways, the state-owned colossus that employs over 1.2 million workers on 85,200 kilometers of track and generates annual revenues of 1195 billion rubles, is the fourth-largest company in terms of revenues in Russia. In the privatization drive of 2012, President Vladimir Putin announced the government’s intention to sell 25 minus one percent of the company, but plans have since gone somewhat off track. […]
My new piece on housing privatization process in Russia Read more:http://www.themoscowtimes.com//article/worlds-longest-privatization-process-free-housing-in-russia/475948.html#ixzz2MEC3whX0 The Moscow Times
My new Moscow Times piece on the future of privatization policy and legislation in Georgia under new leadership. President Saakashvili enacted a set of laws (e.g. Law on Economic Liberty) and put in place an aggressive privatization program that made Georgia a champion/frontline experimenter in the field globally. With new leadership, the country might take a […]
… is what I wanted the title to be for my new piece for The Moscow Times on why the privatization of Rosneft has been postponed, indefinitely. But it didn’t make the cut, so now it’s entitled Why the Kremlin Won’t Privatize Rosneft. Probably clearer what it’s all about this way. I draw on a report (Rosneft […]
My opinion piece for The Moscow Times on political, economic and legal framework for the privatization of Russian utilities sector, water privatization history and the biggest water supply company in Russia, Mosvodokanal (MVK) and its uncertain public or private fate. Water Privatization in Russia: More Than a Drop in the Ocean
