Dmitri A. Medvedev

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

linkfilter.net - fresh links (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

On a frigid evening in February, the hottest place to be here was the Kremlin Palace theater. The draw inside the towering hall wasn't Tina Turner or Deep Purple — rock icons well past their prime — but Gazprom, Russia's most powerful corporate leviathan, which was celebrating its 15th anniversary. Gazprom certainly had reason to party: its chairman, Dmitri A. Medvedev, was riding high...

Putin keeping his hands on reins

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008

... term as president, became prime minister last week, one day after yielding the presidency to Dmitri A. Medvedev, a longtime aide. Putin presented the names of his team to the president, who promptly approved them. The announcements re inforced the image that Putin will retain a grip on power and the direction of policy in Russia. »

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

News & Information (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

The weight of Gazprom, Russias corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its former chairman. …Read more

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

The weight of Gazprom, Russia’s corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its former chairman. Share This

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

The weight of Gazprom, Russia’s corporate leviathan, extends far beyond its fields of natural gas all the way to the Kremlin, now headed by Dmitri A. Medvedev, its former chairman.

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

Gazprom certainly had reason to party: its chairman, Dmitri A. Medvedev, was riding high on the Russian campaign trail as the hand-picked successor of President Vladimir V. Putin. Although Gazprom forked over a handsome sum to book Ms. Turner and Deep Purple, Mr. Medvedev’s favorite band, the opportunity for the company, the world's biggest producer of natural gas, to have its...

As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia

1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008

ON a frigid evening in February, the hottest place to be here was the Kremlin Palace theater. The draw inside the towering hall wasn't Tina Turner or Deep Purple — rock icons well past their prime — but Gazprom , Russia’s most powerful corporate leviathan, which was celebrating its 15th anniversary. Gazprom certainly had reason to party: its chairman, Dmitri A. Medvedev , was riding high...

• As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia - Russia News Net
• As Gazprom's chairman moves up, so does Russia's most powerful firm - International Herald Tribune

Arts, Briefly: Pushkin Museum Overhaul Planned

New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia has announced plans for a $177 million restoration of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the largest museum of European art in Moscow, CBC News reported.

Frank DiGiacomo: A Putin Photo Worth a Thousand Words

VF Daily (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

The only way this photograph could be more pointed is if Vladimir Putin appeared to have his hand up Dmitri Medvedevs backside.