Policy Matters: Russia & Post-Crisis Financial Reform. The August issue of Policy Matters analyzes the potential consequences of international financial reform on Russia's financial markets and on Moscow's competitiveness as an emerging financial center. It also summarizes the regulatory and legislative measures that Russia has recently adopted as well as those currently in the pipeline, and presents many of the key people in government, banking and academia who are shaping Russia's financial market reforms. Read (PDF)

Ukraine Election Update, March 2010. This issue provides an overview of President Viktor Yanukovych's new administration, the line-up of the new Cabinet of Ministers headed by Mykola Azarov and the parliamentary Coalition for Stability and Reforms. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: Russia's Pharmaceutical Industry in Transition. The March 2010 issue of Policy Matters analyzes several of the major reforms underway in Russia's pharmaceutical industry, the policy drivers and economic interests behind these initiatives, the key decision makers in government, and the implications for both domestic and foreign drug companies. Read (PDF)

Ukraine Election Update, February 2010. This issue previews the second-round runoff in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday, February 7. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: New Customs Union. The June 2009 issue of Policy Matters analyzes last week’s announcement that Russia will discontinue its World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in favor of launching a new Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, and subsequently take the unprecedented step of applying for WTO membership as a trading bloc. While unconventional, this move is consistent with Russia’s regional strategy and its view of evolving global architecture. Read

Policy Matters: Russia's Insider Trading Draft Law. The April 2009 issue analyzes Russia's draft law "On Counteracting the Abuse of Insider Information and Market Manipulation," which recently passed its first reading in the State Duma. This bill would represent the first framework law to define these securities offenses and, in conjunction with draft amendments to the Criminal Code, would establish criminal punishment that goes well beyond administrative fines. Read (PDF)

"Moving out of the Soviet shadow." PBN Senior Vice President and Managing Director Trevor Barton is quoted in this article from The European Lawyer. Trevor added his expertise to the "Lobbying in the EU and CIS" speaker panel at the Second CIS-EU Legal Forum in London on 2-3 April 2009. April 03, 2009. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: Ukraine’s Coalition Countdown and the Foreign Policy Backdrop. The September 2008 issue of Policy Matters focuses on Ukraine’s domestic politics and foreign relations. With the possibility of a new ruling coalition in the offing, Ukraine’s internal political strife is causing problems for President Yushchenko’s Euro-Atlantic international agenda. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 7. The seventh and final issue of our Russia Election Update series tracking political dynamics during the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia focuses on the mechanics of the presidential transition process, which was essentially completed with the announcement of Russia’s new government on May 12. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: Foreign Investment in Russian Strategic Industries. The April 2008 issue of Policy Matters analyzes Russia's long-awaited bill governing foreign investment in strategic sectors, which passed its third and final reading in the State Duma on 2 April 2008; examines the debates surrounding several key issues, the bureaucratic infighting behind the scenes as well as the government’s review process going forward, and the content of significant amendments recently made to the legislation. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: PM Tymoshenko's First 100 Days. The March 2008 issue of Policy Matters focuses on the first 100 days of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s tenure, surveying a variety of economic, political and foreign policy challenges she faces and both the domestic and external forces influencing the range of policy outcomes. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 6. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. This issue outlines the main developments in both the presidential succession and the campaign process ahead of the March 2 election, including what recent speeches might indicate about a Medvedev presidency. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 5. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. This issue picks up on the results of the December parliamentary elections and analyzes the composition and structure of the new State Duma. It also covers the assignment of leadership positions in the lower house of parliament, committee restructuring and chairmanships, and priority legislation for the upcoming session. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 4. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. This issue covers the results of the December parliamentary elections. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 3. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. This issue focuses on election dynamics in the final weeks of the campaign, including the transformation of the parliamentary elections into a referendum on President Putin, the demise of Fair Russia, and the turnout tensions between popular movements supporting Putin and "protest votes" linked to recent inflation. Read (PDF)

Russian Companies in the World Market.

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Russia Election Update, Issue 2. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. The second issue follows last month's parliamentary elections outlook with an analysis of the upcoming presidential transition, including several short articles and background features designed to provide readers a "primer" on the complex political dynamics at play in Russia's elections. Read (PDF)

Ukraine Election Update, Issue 3. This publication intends to inform readers about the pre-term parliamentary election in Ukraine scheduled for September 30, 2007. Read (PDF)

Russia Election Update, Issue 1. Monthly series focused on the 2007-08 election cycle in Russia. This inaugural issue provides background and analysis on the Duma elections scheduled for December 2, 2007. Read (PDF)

Ukraine Election Update, Issue 2. This publication intends to inform readers about the pre-term parliamentary election in Ukraine scheduled for September 30, 2007. Read (PDF)

Policy Matters: September 2007. Issue brief covering legislative and regulatory topics, offering regular insights into key public policy issues in CIS and Western markets. This edition focuses on Russia's long-awaited bill governing foreign investment in strategic sectors. Read (PDF)

Ukraine Election Update, Issue 1. This publication intends to inform readers about the pre-term parliamentary election in Ukraine scheduled for September 30, 2007. Read (PDF)

"FT REPORT - RUSSIA: Approach that is globally acceptable but better suited to home." Article by Igor Yurgens, Member of the Board of Directors of The PBN Company. April 20, 2007. Read

"Frothing at the Mouth: Why?," Trud. Vyacheslav Nikonov, PBN Senior Strategist for Political Affairs and President of the Politika Foundation writes, "It's pointless to take offense at the latest outbreak of Russophobia. Neither should we get upset about it. The Anglo-Saxon countries, the Baltic states, Poland — that's not the whole world, not by any means". December 09, 2006. Read

"Ukraine Set to Toss the Die of Democracy," The Moscow Times. An op-ed written by PBN•Kyiv Senior Vice President Myron Wasylyk about the upcoming Ukrainian parliamentary elections. Published in the 24 March 2006 edition of The Moscow Times. March 24, 2006. Read

"An Intellectual Property Rights Headache." Article by Olga Barannikova, PBN•Moscow Director of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs on IPR in Russia. March 14, 2006. Read

"The Putin Strategy," Russia in Global Affairs. Doctor of Science (History), Chairman of the Polity Foundation and PBN•Moscow Senior Strategist for Political Affairs. January — March 2005. Read