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Entries for tag: Russia
Beware of Doing Deals With Putin
From the Wall Street Journal:
Beware of Doing Deals With Putin
The U.S. shouldn’t get too cozy with a regime on the skids.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123621255075534833.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
By GARRY KASPAROV
Vladimir Putin’s regime is fighting for its political life. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that the Obama administration is sending […]
Eccentric piano
Salon “Forte and Piano” together with well-known German piano manufacturer “Schimmel Pianos” present a unique grand piano “Pegasus”, which will arrive to Moscow especially to be demonstrated at the Millionaire Fair show.
“Pegasus” – at first it was just a daring flight of fantasy on the part of the eccentric German designer Prof. Luigi Colani and […]
CEDC acquires leading Russian vodka producer
Central European Distribution Corporation has announced that is has closed its strategic investment in the Russian Alcohol Group ("Russian Alcohol"), the leading vodka producer in Russia.
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Kaczynski tones down his anti Russian attitude
Polish President Lech Kaczynski sought on Thursday to soften his remarks linking EU partnership talks with Russia with Georgia's and Ukraine's future membership in NATO.
Read ArticleMissile agreeement close
Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, went on record today with his MDAA membership discussing what an agreement on missile defense between Russia and the United States would mean in terms of stability and meeting the threat posed by Iran.
Read ArticleCEDC acquires Russian vodka brand
Central European Distribution Corporation today announced that on March 13, 2008 it closed its acquisition of an 85% interest in Copecresto Enterprises Limited, which owns various production and distribution assets including the Parliament vodka trademarks in Russia and abroad. The total consideration for the acquisition is $180,335,257 in cash, and 2,238,806 million shares of common stock of CEDC, of which $15 million in cash and 250,000 shares are deferred pending the closing of certain subsequent fixed asset purchase transactions. The cash component of the purchase price is financed through a combination of the proceeds from CEDC's recent $310 million Convertible Notes offering and existing cash.
Read ArticleCriminals and flats
The BBC programme Russian Godfathers showed the case of a lady Valeria Gorbova whose flat is being taken off her because local ‘businesspeople’ want to take it off her.
http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/213/
Unfortunately the same thing takes place here in Poland where organised criminals can take flats from people in cooperatives in fashionable areas. I hope this govenment may […]
CEE Packaging appears in print form
Our new publication, Central and Eastern European Packaging is now available! CEE Packaging is the international platform for the Central and Eastern European packaging industry focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers.
Read ArticleMIPIM launches horizons
Ten months before the start of MIPIM Horizons, to be held from 2 to 4 December 2008, in the “Palais des Festivals” in Cannes, almost 1,000 m² of exhibition space have already been sold to companies drawn from 13 countries. Some 500 investors and 2,500 real estate professionals are expected to attend the inaugural MIPIM Horizons.
Read ArticleNATO under threat
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) risks collapse as a result of commitments taken on since the end of the Cold War, according to a study released today by the Cato Institute.
Read ArticleVoting away freedoms
I cannot understand it. Mayve this writer form the Wall Street Journal can:
The Allure of Tyranny
Russians voted away their freedoms, and Venezuelans almost did. Why?
BY BRET STEPHENS
Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, December 4, 2007 12:01 a.m. EST
“It is ultimately a cruel misunderstanding of youth to believe it will […]
Polish sausage about to make Russian comeback
A ban on imports of Polish meat into Russia could be lifted after Moscow indicated it is prepared to send inspectors back to Polish production facilities. The embargo was introduced 17 months ago after Moscow accused Warsaw of failing to maintain health standards and or to curb smuggling. As the political tone in Warsaw changes, Russia has indicated it wants to re-inspect facilities along with EU experts.
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Democracy comes of age
Democracy has come of age in Poland. A political crisis in the summer was resolved not behind closed doors but with a snap election. That election was fought, principally, by rival conservatives with a shared scepticism about aspects of European integration but radically different visions of Poland’s international role. The turnout broke all post-communist records, with tens of thousands of émigrés queueing up at consulates and thousands more flying home to ensure that their voices were heard in their home towns. The outgoing Prime Minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, vowed to mount a decisive opposition but was gracious in defeat. For an example of a body politic in rude health, Western leaders and electorates need look no further than Poland.
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Modlin fort along the river Narew
The river Narew joins the Vistula at Modlin. T... The river Narew joins the Vistula at Modlin. This strategic point is guarded by an enormous Czarist fortification. As one travels over the Vistula bridge going northwards from Warsaw, one sees a building that looks like a palace at the confluence of the two rivers. This is in fact a grain silo although it is now in bad condition.
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Along the Russian border
The northern part of Poland, east of Gdańśk along the Russian border is particularly beautiful as this film shows.
Read ArticleDeceuninck to shift some production to Poland and Russia
The Belgian PVC window and building profiles company is planning to redistribute production from Inoutic’s plant to Poznan in Poland, and Protvino in Russia, as well as retaining some production at the Inoutic facility in Bogen, Germany. In its third quarter results, Deceuninck highlighted downturns in the German and US construction markets.
Read ArticleRambling on the corner of Wilcza and Marszalkowska
An evening view standing at the corner of Wilcza and Marszalkowska following the defeat of England by Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers which may put England out of the competition.
However there is nothing about that in this film, just a look at what Warsaw is like on a pleasant October evening […]
Nationalists exploit war film to stir hatred from the past
One by one the unshaven Polish officers are hauled into a cellar and shot in the back of their heads by Soviet officers. The wall opposite is spattered with blood and chunks of brain.
Read ArticleTalks on missile defence vital
Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), has declared that the Russian and the United States talks in Moscow are vital to the deployment of U.S. ground-based interceptors and X-band radar in Europe. Mr. Ellison has described the alternate views of Russia and the United States on missile defense in Europe and the challenges that they face in this weekend's talks.
Read ArticleCEDC to buy Russian brand
Central European Distribution Corporation (NASDAQ:CEDC) today announced that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire a significant majority interest in a company holding various alcoholic beverage production and distribution assets which include the number one selling premium vodka brand in Russia, Parliament Vodka.
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From red to grey
A World Bank report has found that the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing a third transition, a transition that overlaps with their recent political and economic transitions. In 2025, more than one in five Bulgarians will be more than 65 years old—up from just 13 percent in 1990. Ukraine’s population will shrink by a fifth between the years 2000 and 2025. And the average Slovene will be 47.4 years old in 2025—among the oldest in the world.
Read ArticleKaczynski speech after Bush meeting
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome everybody to the meeting between President Kaczynski and President Bush.
Read ArticleRussia, Poland and Auschwitz
A new argument has broken out between Poland and Russia and this time it is over Auschwitz.
The base camp had a number of exhibitions devoted to various aspects of what happened there as well as national exhibitions. The Soviet exhibition was closed three years ago in order to make changes and probably more up to […]
Russia continues to ban Polish meat
Russia and the European Union (EU) failed to make a breakthrough in negotiations ending Tuesday on a Russian ban on Polish meat imports.
Read ArticleLithuania may call for boycott of Russia
Lithuania may join Poland in blocking talks on a new cooperation treaty between the EU and Russia unless the bloc acts to restore Russian oil supplies to the Baltic country, Lithuania Deputy Foreign Minister said on Friday, Feb. 23.
Read ArticlePropaganda and war
I often find myself getting wound up by the way so many people in Poland are blinded by nationalist propaganda that they really believe that any fiction is true to back up their nationalist propaganda goals. This is nearly always to do with the second world war where Poland is ‘betrayed’ by the western powers […]
Staying friends with Russia
President Lech Kaczynski said that his country wanted the European Union (EU) to maintain friendly and substantial relations with Russia.
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The past must not be used to divide us, because we cannot rewrite history
President Vladimir Putin said in a veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.
Read ArticleRemembering the Tsar
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, who claims to be the legal heir to the Tsar has won an appeal to have the murder of the Russian royal family as victims of political repression. The Russian royal family was shot together with their servants in Ekaterimburg on 17 July 1918 after 17 months of house arrest and […]
Missing Russia
I see that Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski yesterday promised in Kiev that Poland will attempt to extend the Odessa - Brody oil pipeline to Płock, a deal that has been talked about for many years. The point of this is to take oil via the Black Sea to Odessa thus missing out Russia. Apparently Kaczynski […]
Mobile penetration
I have just received a report on the CEE mobile market which shows that penetration in Lithuania is at 130 percent and Estonia, the Czech Republic and Russia are all over 100 percent.
The Russian figure is very surprising. However I remember sitting in a café in Belgorod on 2 January whilst it was too […]
New look at nuclear
Poland is considering using nuclear energy to diversify its energy sources and reduce its dependence on Russian fuel, Economy Minister Piotr Wozniak said Friday.
Read ArticleSpy in the President’s office
I am amazed at how important ‘agents’ and other spies seem to be for the conspiracy theorists. It would seem that this country is absolutely riddled with them if one is to believe conspiracy theorists. This would all be very funny if it were not for the effect that this can have on the economy.
Unfortunately […]
Investing in energy diversification
The conservative government in Poland plans to invest well over €1 billion in the energy sector in an attempt to modernize its infrastructure, and perhaps more crucially, reduce its dependence on Russia, its main supplier of oil and gas.
Read ArticleThe decline of Russian democracy
There are not many people in this part of the world who are as pro Russia as I am. However many of us, even amongst the most apologetic for Russian behaviour under Putin must now be worried about things that are happening with Georgia. Today I had a long conversation with my friend V. in […]
прогулка вокруг Кремля
Several walks in fact around the Kremlin in various snowy and cold days.
Although better suited to a ‘talkie’ I put this together in perhaps too much of a hurry to manage that.
In one shot Putin was due to come out and give presents to the children, or so the lady who was standing next to […]
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