Financial Times: A campaign against McDonald’s was broadened to over 200 separate investigations. This means almost half of all McDonald’s outlets in Russia are investigated on the basis of hygiene or finance. The investigations began in August when Russia’s consumer … Continue reading
Coverage of issues surrounding expropriation of business by the Russian state
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Putin Signs Law Curbing Foreign Ownership in Russian Media
The Moscow Times: According to an official government website, President Putin has signed into law a bill that limits foreign ownership in Russian media assets to 20 percent. This bill has received wide criticism. The law will affect some of … Continue reading
Businessmen are ‘serfs’ in Putin’s Russia, warns Sergei Pugachev
Financial Times: Sergei Pugachev, who was once so close to Mr Putin that he was known as the “Kremlin’s banker”, told Financial Times that Russian businessmen were all now “serfs” who belonged to the president, with none of the country’s companies … Continue reading
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