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Russian Investment Review
Vol. 2 No. 1



SPRING HAS SPRUNG! But what does an exciting first quarter really means for Russia's future?

PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Sergei Kolushev, Publisher

EDITORIAL FOREWORD
Ben Aris, Editor-in-Chief

NEWS
January - May 2003

 
 
COVER STORY: TNK-BP AN INSIDE LOOK



TNK­BP: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL DEAL
Exclusive interview with Bob Dudley, Group Vice President, BP, and proposed President and CEO of TNK-BP

 
 
ECONOMIC OVERVIEW



INVESTMENT IN RUSSIA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Chairman of the Board, AFK Sistema

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Ben Aris

 
 
INVESTMENT CLIMATE



THE GROWING RUSSIAN MARKET – PERSPECTIVES FOR WESTERN INVESTORS
Dr. Uwe Kumm, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Member of the Management Committee, Central and Eastern Europe

“SUAL IS A QUALITY COMPANY”
Interview with Chris Norval, President, SUAL Holding

COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE FOR RUSSIA’S EMERGING CORPORATES: WHO WILL WIN THE "SECOND WAVE" OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT?
Dmitry Zelenin, President, Russian Managers Association

PETER HAMBRO MINING
Interview with Peter Hambro, Chairman and Chief Executive, Peter Hambro Mining plc

EUROPEAN MISSION
Irene Commeau, Managing Director, the European Business Club in the Russian Federation

A NEW FLAVOUR TO THE RUSSIAN MARKET
Interview with David IakobachviliChairman, Wimm-Bill-Dann

HIGHLIGHTING SUCCESS: TWO RUSSIAN COMPANIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Marina Kagan, Partner, Shared Value

RUSSIA: IMPROVING INVESTMENT CLIMATE
Natasha Page, Managing Director, Fitch Ratings, Moscow

THE COURT OF ARBITRATORS IN RUSSIA
Interview with Boris Titov, Vice-President, Chairman of the Business Ethics Committee, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

THE NEVER­ENDING QUESTION: WHY SO LITTLE FDI IN RUSSIA?
Peter Koelle, Chairman of the Board, IMB, Managing Director CIS, HVB Group

TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU NEED TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD
Interview with Yuri Rovenskiy, Director General, RBC

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Ben Aris

 
 
POLITICAL DIMENSION



“MANAGED DEMOCRACY ALWAYS LEADS TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION”
Interview with Boris Nemtsov, Member of the State Duma and Leader of the Union of Rightist Forces

 
 
BANKING



RUSSIA’S BANKS GET REAL
Ben Aris

TRUST INVESTMENT BANK - SELLING A CHANGE
Ben Aris

 
 
ENERGY



LUKOIL: PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR ONE OF RUSSIA’S OIL GIANTS
Pavel Bogomolov, correspondent in the UK, “Oil of Russia” Magazine

RUSSIAN ELECTRICITY TODAY
Anatoly Chubais, Chief Executive Officer, RAO Unified Energy System of Russia

GAS MARKET REFORM: IN WHOSE INTEREST?
Interview with Farkhad Akhmedov, President, Northgas

A $6.75BN VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
David Vigar

THE EU-RUSSIA ENERGY DIALOGUE
Charles Grant and Katinka Barysch,, Centre for European Reform

 
 
FINANCIAL MARKETS



FIXED INCOME TAKES OFF
Ben Aris

RUSSIAN EQUITIES: BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TROUBLE OR DOUBLE?
Ben Aris

 
 
SMEs



FOR EVERY YUKOS PLC THERE ARE NINETY NINE "SERGEI ENTERPRISES"
Ian Woodcock, Founder of Flintstone Technologies plc

 
 
REAL ESTATE



HOSPITALITY BUSINESS IS GAINING MOMENTUM
Alexander Udalov, President of the Universal Management and Consulting Company (UMACO)

GOING EAST?
Yulia Nikulicheva, Senior Research Analyst, Jones Lang LaSalle Moscow

 
 
RUSSIA AND THE WTO



THE DOOR IS OPENING, BUT WILL RUSSIA BE READY?
Alexandre Kotcherguine, Executive Director, International Business Development, MDM Financial Group

 
 
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT



CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RUSSIA
Robert Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ITS ROLE IN RAISING CAPITALISATION
Olga Vysotskaya, Partner, Head of Management Assurance Services, KPMG Russia & CIS

CLEANING UP THE PATH FOR INVESTORS
Igor Yurgens, Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

 
 
INSURANCE



RUSSIA’S INSURANCE SECTOR – STRONG GROWTH, BUT AVOID THE STATISTICAL PITFALLS
Ilan Rubin and Margot Jacobs, United Financial Group

 
 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS



THE TELECOMS REFORM THAT NO ONE NOTICED
Eric Kraus, Sovlink

 
 
RUSSIAN ECONOMIC FORUM 2003



NEW THEMES AND NEW FACES FOR 2003
Simon Joseph, Director, Russian Economic Forum

SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
Anatoly Chubays, Chief Executive Officer RAO Unified Energy System of Russia; William F. Browder , Chief Executive Officer, Hermitage Capital Management; Vladimir Rashevsky, Chief Executive Officer, MDM Financial Group; Gregory Berezkin , Chief Executive Officer, ESN Group

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