Making sense of emerging markets

Russia

* Russian tourism: outbound and inbound, 13 Jun 2007
Russians are already happy outbound travellers, and domestic tourism looks like a boom in slow-motion
Consumer
* Counter-attack on corporate raiders, 18 May 2007
The authorities are getting serious about reducing an important risk to property rights
Politics/governance
* A good place to sell cars, 21 May 2007
Russians are buying mainly foreign cars, increasingly assembled in Russia
Consumer
* Russian railways follow the Gazprom model, 10 May 2007
From Soviet behemoth to freight 'national champion' in expanding intercontinental transport corridors
Infrastructure
* Subsoil law: fundamental reform abandoned, 13 Apr 2007
But the system still works
Energy
* New budget boosts long-term stability, 23 Mar 2007
Fundamental institutional changes set to transform Russia's fiscal management
Macro policy
* Russia's oil pipeline strategy, 2 Apr 2007
Pipeline bottlenecks give way to overcapacity
Energy
* Political competition on the up, 16 Mar 2007
Regional election results show political dynamism winning out over stagnation
Politics/governance
* The military-industrial phoenix, 17 Apr 2007
State-controlled, but open for investment
Politics/governance
* Pension policy battle is joined, 2 Mar 2007
Enormous stakes for the domestic financial markets
Financial
* New rules for 'strategic' sectors and natural resources, 28 Feb 2007
Clear and transparent restrictions on foreign investment may not satisfy the state oligarchs
Energy
* New rules for 'strategic' sectors and natural resources, 28 Feb 2007
Clear and transparent restrictions on foreign investment may not satisfy the state oligarchs
Politics/governance
* Russian agriculture: a new business, 15 Feb 2007
A growth story is emerging here in the teeth of many distractions
Agriculture/food
* Russia's (bad) reputation, 4 Feb 2007
Though markets appear indifferent to all the bad press for Russia, the issue should not be ignored
Politics/governance
* Who is Dmitry Medvedev?, 11 Dec 2007
Detailed scrutiny of President Putin's anointed successor
Politics/governance
Russia's banking boom Russia's banking boom, 25 Jan 2007
The main problem is not state ownership, but too little competition
Financial
* Arbitrazh courts: the long road back from Yukos, 29 Jan 2007
Improvements in Russia's commercial courts belie their tarnished reputation
Politics/governance
* Russia's middle class: a status report, 19 Jan 2007
Russia presents an exciting variation on the middle class investment theme in emerging markets
Consumer
* Russian IT outsourcing: a sector to be reckoned with, 10 Jan 2007
After hydrocarbons, Russia's most valuable asset is 'little grey cells'
Consumer
* Russia-Belarus: more than gas, 4 Jan 2007
The long-term political significance of the row between Russia and Belarus over the price of gas
Energy
* The State Duma in December...2007, 21 Dec 2006
A sneak preview of what the new Duma will look like
Politics/governance
* The threat from extreme nationalism, 14 Dec 2006
This long-term political risk factor returns to centre stage
Politics/governance
* Transforming Russia's Stabilization Fund, 11 Dec 2006
Alexei Kudrin, proposes major changes in how Russia manages its oil and gas windfalls
Macro policy
* United Russia: forward to the past, 6 Dec 2006
The neo-Soviet tendency of Russia's dominant political party poses a dilemma for the Kremlin
Politics/governance
* Gas exchange - way to go, 30 Nov 2006
The newly launched exchange is accelerating domestic market liberalisation with everyone a winner
Energy