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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Medvedev’s Troubles Set Stage For Putin’s Return

RUSSIA     Medvedev: Struggling through a turbulent first year in office. The Russian government is struggling to contain a rapidly unfolding and sharply accelerating economic crisis. The ruble has continued to slide—the currency has devalued 10% against the dollar ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Crash landing

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Central and Eastern Europe has transformed from a beacon of hope into a near basket case astonishingly quickly. Its recovery will be a far slower and no less painful process.   Hard hit: Hungary was one ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Oligarchs Face A Bleak Future

RUSSIA     Deripaska: A dramatic turnaround The global financial crisis is sucking Russia’s oligarchs into its vortex. Information provider Bloomberg recently estimated that the combined wealth of the 25 richest Russians had plummeted 62% over the six-month period ended ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Russia Bears Brunt Of Global Sell-off

RUSSIA       The global flight from risky assets saw $1 trillion wiped off Moscow's stock market.   Russia continued to be buffeted by the global financial crisis, with the country’s stock index plummeting nearly 70% from all-time highs ...

Country Report

Features : Balancing Act

COUNTRY REPORT / TURKEY Turkey’s Islamist government has narrowly avoided a constitutional crisis, but it is still treading a fine line in its quest for economic progress.   When Turkey’s constitutional court dismissed a move in July to outlaw the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Power Play

ANALYSIS / RUSSIA’S GEORGIA GAMBIT Russia’s recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia.     Double act: Vladimir Putin passed the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev but still retains much ...

News

Newsmakers : Medvedev Tries To Calm Russia Bears

  RUSSIA       Medvedev: Seemingly helpless in the face of a stock market rout.     Can Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev save the country’s financial markets? In the second week of September he declared that it was “within ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Putin’s Comments Unnerve Investors

RUSSIA     Headline risk in Russia returned with a vengeance over the summer as global oil major BP struggled with its Russian partners over control of its TNK-BP oil company joint venture. After an extended battle, the head of ...
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