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RUSSIA , one of the BRICS: past, present, future Eric Van
Cauwenberge Former lecturer KATHO-HANTAL December 9 2013
Goede morgen - Welkom Bonjour - Bienvenue Good morning -
Welcome Guten Morgen Willkommen J reggelt Isten hozott Dzie Dobri
Witam Labas Rytas Sveiki atvyk Buenos das Bienvenidos - Welcome
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Dobro Jutro Dobrodoli Bun dimineaa Si bine ati venit e Buon
giorno e benvenuti ai tutti Dobr den - Vtejte Dobr de - Vitame vs
Labdien - Laipni ldzam Gnaydin Hogeldiniz Bom dia - Boa vinda Hyv
huomenta Tervetuloa - Welcome 14-12-2013 Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Background some history (2) Introduction name (1) Maps (6) The
Russian Federation (4) People (3) Government Profile (20) The
president and his wife (12) The Presidential Executive Staff (2)
FSB (2) Economic Profile (9) Welcome - Topics Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Gazprom (11) Transneft (2) LUKoil (4) Rosneft (1) Pipelines (6)
Russia and the EU (11) Corruption (11) Other slides (8) Sources (6)
Welcome - Topics Eric Van Cauwenberge 5
Defeat of the Russian army in World War I led to the overthrow
in 1917 of the 300-year old Romanov Dynasty The Communists under
Vladimir Lenin seized power soon after and formed the USSR Josef
Stalin (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union
at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and
society stagnated in the following decades. Background - some
history Eric Van Cauwenberge 6
General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-91) introduced
glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt
to modernize Communism, but his initiatives inadvertently released
forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into 15
independent republics the Soviet flag above the Kremlin was lowered
for the last time (dec 25th) Background some history (1) Eric Van
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Boris Yeltsin won the first democratic presidential elections
in June 91. Re-elected in July 1996 Repeated confrontations with
the legislature culminated in the dissolution of parliament (Sept
93) and a violent showdown the following month The powers of the
executive were greatly increased by a new constitution (1993)
Election in Dec 93 produced a new parliament dominated by
anti-reformists The Russian Federation Eric Van Cauwenberge 8
Its conservative cast was strengthened by the election (Dec 95)
Parliamentary elections in 99 and 2003 increased the influence of
pro-government forces, easing the passage of reform legislation
2007 the Putin party takes a huge majority (2/3) V Putin was
elected in March 2000 and re-elected in March 2004 A loyal ally, D
Medvedev, won the presidential election in March 2008 The Russian
Federation (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge 9
Dec 2011 new parliamentary elections: United Russia won the
elections (49.32% of the vote), 238 seats (52.88% of the Duma
seats) majority much smaller Later there was a lot of protest
against this results V Putin was elected as president (March 4-12)
63,60% of the votes - now for 6 years again protests The most funny
independent candidate: Mikhail Prokhorov - a Russian billionaire,
owner of the American basketball team the Brooklyn Nets The Russian
Federation (4) Eric Van Cauwenberge 10
Conventional long form: Russian Federation Conventional short
form: Russia - Former Russian Empire Russian Soviet Federative
Socialist Republic Introduction - Name Eric Van Cauwenberge 11
Map general map Eric Van Cauwenberge 12
Map general map Eric Van Cauwenberge 13
Map surrounding countries Eric Van Cauwenberge 14
Map in perspective Eric Van Cauwenberge 15
17.09.242 square kilometres - 9 time zones , making it the
worlds largest country in terms of territory. Population of
142.500.482 (July 2013 est.) Capital: Moscow (10 million) largest
city in Russia 1.8 times the size of the USA 10th in the ranking of
the population number The Russian Federation (5) Eric Van
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Median age total: 38.8 years male: 35.8 years female: 41.8
years (2013 est.) Population growth rate - 0.02 % (2013 est.) -
ranking 199th The population is shrinking by 700.000 people a year
death rate is double the average for developed countries People
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Life expectancy at birth total population: 69.85 years male:
64.04 years - female: 76.02 years (2013 est.) country comparison to
the world: 152 Total fertility rate 1.61 children born/woman (2013
est.) country comparison to the world: 178 Death rate 13.97
deaths/1.000 population (July 2013 est.) country comparison to the
world: 10 People (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Infant mortality rate total: 7.19 deaths/1.000 live births
country comparison to the world: 161 HIV/people living with
HIV/aids 980.000 (2009 est.) - country comparison to the world: 11
Literacy (definition: age 15 and over can read and write) total
population: 99.7% male: 99.6% - female: 99.6% People (2) 14-12-2013
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People (3) the problem of Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge 20
Government type federation Capital Moscow Administrative
divisions 46 oblasts, 21 republics, 4 autonomous okrugs, 9 krays, 2
federal cities Government Profile Eric Van Cauwenberge 21
46 Oblasts to compare with a province 4 autonomous okrougs =
districts - governor 21 autonomous republics - a president,
parliament - a representative in the Duma 9 autonomous krays =
territories 2 federal cities Each 2 representatives in the
federation council Government Profile (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Federal Districts: federalnyje okroega (8) Government Profile
(2) Eric Van Cauwenberge 24
1. Central Federal District (Moskou) 2. Southern Federal
District 3. North-West Federal District 4. Far East Federal
District 5. Siberian Federal District 6. Urals Federal District 7.
Wolga Federal District 8. North Caucasian Federal District
Government Profile (2bis) Eric Van Cauwenberge 25
Federal districts: federalnyje okroega All federal units are
grouped under 8 districts Headed by the governor-general Nominated
by the president - presidential decree Since May 13 2000 created by
Putin to have more power on internal affairs (terrorism) To
reassert federal authority Government Profile (3) Eric Van
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Independence 24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) National
holiday Russia Day, 12 June (1990) Constitution adopted 12 December
1993 Now 20 years Government Profile (4) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Legal system based on civil law system Suffrage 18 years of age
universal Flag description three equal horizontal bands of white
(top), blue, and red Government Profile (5) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Branches of power (6) Eric Van Cauwenberge 29
Executive branch Chief of state: President Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin Elected on March 4, 2012 (63.6 %) Elected for
six years by the citizens on the basis of a general, equal and
direct vote by secret ballot Government Profile (7) Eric Van
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Executive branch Prime minister: D Medvedev (former president)
First deputy prime minister: Igor Shuvalov (since May 2008)
Government Eric Van Cauwenberge
2012 - They changed of job Eric Van Cauwenberge 32
Executive branch Deputy prime ministers: A Dvorkovich ( 2012),
Olga Golodets (2012), A Khloponin (2010), D Kozak (2008), D Rogozin
(2011), S Prikhodko (May 2013), YuriyTrutnev (August 2013)
Government Eric Van Cauwenberge 33
Executive branch Foreign affairs minister: Sergey Lavrov
Finance minister: A Siluanov Defence minister: S Shoygu Chief of
the Government Staff: S Prikhodko Government (1) Eric Van
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Ensures a financial, credit and monetary policy, a policy in
the area of culture, science, education, health, social welfare,
ecology, and other spheres of social life. Is headed by the Prime
Minister. It includes the deputy prime ministers and federal
ministers. The Government includes federal structures and federal
agencies The Presidential Executive Office: a special body to
facilitate the Presidents constitutional role Head S Ivanov
Government (2) Eric Van Cauwenberge 35
S Ivanov: chief of staff old friend of Putin siloviki connetion
of Putin former FSB V Volodin: former deputy prime minister
important for the party United Russia Alexey A Gromov : first
deputy chief of staff - former diplomat former press attache of
Putin The Presidential Executive Office Eric Van Cauwenberge
Most of them are from St Petersburg, all served in intelligence
or counter-intelligence They have ties in the ministries (economy,
transport, natural resources) the army, the tax police The
political clout is backed by state compagnies with enormous
financial resources Several KGB veterans occupy senior management
posts in Gazprom and in Gazprombank The Presidential Executive
Office (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge 37
A very broad term: the security of the individual, society and
the state in the face of both internal and external threats
Involves priority areas: state security, public safety,
socioeconomic security and security in the spheres of defence,
information, the military and international affairs Secretary:
Nikolai Patrushev (former head FSB) The Security Council (8) Eric
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Secretary: YuriyTrutnev The current State Council was
established by the President on September 1, 2000. The council is
an advisory body to the Head of State, which deals with issues of
the highest importance to the state as a whole The Council is made
up of the leaders (governors and presidents) of Russias constituent
territories. Other persons may be appointed to the Council at the
Presidents discretion The State Council (9) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Legislative branch Bi-cameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye
Sobraniye: The Federation Council or Sovjet Federatsii Duma or
Gosudarstvennaya Duma Government Profile (10) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Legislative branch: Federation Council 166 seats - two deputies
from each subject of the Russian Federation - two from each of
Russias 83 republics and regions chosen by regional governors and
legislative bodies - Chairman: Valentina Matviyenko Task: "to
strengthen federative model of the legal state self-determination
of Russia, the unity of its political, social-economic and cultural
space Government Profile (11) Eric Van Cauwenberge 41
Legislative branch State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin 450
seats - elected from party lists in a single nationwide
constituency on proportional basis (7 % of the vote) members
elected for 4 years Elections - last held 4 December 2011 Is mainly
a legislative body Government Profile (12) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Party % of votes United Russia 49.6 Communist Party 19.2 A Just
Russia 13.2 Liberal Democratic Party 11,7 Total High turnout of 60%
Seats 238 92 64 56 450 Government Profile - Duma (13) Eric Van
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Government Profile - Duma (13) Eric Van Cauwenberge 44
Protest after the elections Eric Van Cauwenberge 45
Elections are a joke Nemtsov & Ryzhkov Eric Van Cauwenberge
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Putin 60 years old - Protest Eric Van Cauwenberge
Protest, one year, after the elections Eric Van
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The presidency: created in December 1993, when Boris Yeltsin's
draft constitution won endorsement in a national referendum.
Yeltsin was the first Russian president in the Russian Soviet
Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), one of the Soviet Unions
fifteen republics. V Putin is now president
http://eng.letters.kremlin.ru/send The President Eric Van
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Putin again president for 12 Y? Eric Van Cauwenberge
The position of the president is defined in Chapter 4 of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation. He is the head of state. He
is the guarantor of the constitution, civil and human rights and
freedoms. He should protect Russia's sovereignty, independence and
territorial integrity. The President (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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He is able to issue decrees. He is commander-in-chief of the
armed forces. He conducts the negotiations and signing of
inter-national treaties to ensure Russias sovereignty. He is
responsible for the national security agencies He represents Russia
in international relations, conducts negotiations and signs
international treaties and agreements. He is responsible for the
annual budget. The President (2) Eric Van Cauwenberge 52
He may veto legislation after it has been passed by the federal
legislature. He determines the composition of the government He is
the chairman of the Security Council. His basic state policy
guidelines is laid out in a key document, the annual address to the
Federal Assembly. The President (3) Eric Van Cauwenberge 53
Born: October 7, 1952 in a workers family Graduated from
Leningrad State University Law School (1975) 1996 Ph D in Economics
Dissertation: Strategic Planning of Regional Raw Material
Operations in a Market Economy. 1975 joined the KBG in charge of
intelligence abroad The President (4) Eric Van Cauwenberge 54
Worked in Germany (Dresden) 90-91: advisor of the Leningrad
City Council 91-96: chairman of the Committee for External
Relations, St. Petersburg Mayors office 97-98: deputy head of
Presidential Administration (protected by Chubais) The President
(5) Eric Van Cauwenberge 55
98-99: director of Federal Security Service (FSB) 99 (August):
secretary of security council 99-2000: prime minister 99
(December)-2000 (May) acting president 2000 (March) elected
president 2004 (March) re-elected (70%) 2007 Named Time magazine's
person of the year 2012 Re-elected for another 6 years The
President (6) Eric Van Cauwenberge 56
The President (recent pictures) Eric Van Cauwenberge 57
The Putin family Eric Van Cauwenberge 58
The Putin family Eric Van Cauwenberge 59
Putin and the church Eric Van Cauwenberge
Federal Security Service (FSB) Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti
Director Alexander Bortnikov Spent most of his life / career in St.
Petersburg Closer to Medvedev than the Kremlin siloviki Native of
Perm (1951) joined KBG in 1975 Married, has one son. Army General
sine 2006 Graduated from the Leningrad Institute for Engineers of
Railroad Transport FSB management Eric Van Cauwenberge 61
FSB Border Guard Service Director Vladimir Kulishov Eric Van
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Economy overview Russia's adopted a new oil-price-based fiscal
rule in 2012 More flexible exchange rate policy Improved ability to
deal with external shocks, including volatile oil prices Joined the
World Trade Organization (2012) Sought to cement economic ties with
countries in the former Soviet space through a Customs Union with
Belarus, Kazakhstan and now Ukraine Economic Profile Eric Van
Cauwenberge 63
Economy overview Has had difficulty attracting capital and has
suffered large capital outflows in the past several years, leading
to official programs to improve Russia's international rankings for
its investment climate Russia's long-term challenges also include a
shrinking workforce, intractable large- and small-scale corruption,
and underinvestment in infrastructure New Russia-led economic bloc
called the Eurasian Economic Union Economic Profile Eric Van
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GDP 2319,517 billion euros GDP - real growth rate: - 2011: 4,3%
2012: 3,4% 2013: 3,6% GDP - per capita 13.140 Euro's - 2011 rank
77th GDP - composition by sector Ranking: 7th economy of the world
Economic Profile (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge 65
Population below poverty line: 2.7% (2011) USA: 15.1% (2010
est.) Inflation rate: 5,3% (2012 est.) 149th ranked Labor force -
by occupation: agriculture 7,9%, industry 27,4%, services 64,7%
(2011) Unemployment rate: 5,7% (2012 est.) Average Salary: 19.433
rubles - 525 Russia is building pipelines to Europe but much of its
own country has no gas or even plumbing Economic Profile (2) Eric
Van Cauwenberge 66
Oil - production 10.37 million bbl/day (2012 est.) 1th Refined
petroleum products - consumption 3.341 million bbl/day (2012 est.)
5th Oil - proved reserves 60 billion bbl (2012 est.) 8th Crude Oil
exports 4.69 million bbl/day (2012 est.) 2th Economic Profile (3)
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Natural gas - production 669.6 billion cu m (2011 est.) 2th
Natural gas - exports 203.9 billion cu m (2011 est.) 2th Natural
gas - proved reserves 47.57 trillion cu m (2012 est.) 2th Diamonds
35 million carats - worth $1.7 billion (2006) Economic Profile (4)
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Exports 386.60 billion euro (2012 est.) 5th Exports commodities
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and
wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and
military manufactures Exports partners Netherlands 12.4%, China
6.4%, Italy 5.3%, Germany 4.5% (2012) Economy Profile (5) Eric Van
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Imports 123.89 billion euro (2012 est.) 16th Imports -
commodities machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic,
semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and
medical instruments, iron, steel Imports - partners China 15.5%,
Germany 9.5%, Ukraine 5.3% (2012) Economy Profile (6) Eric Van
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Russian GDP evolution (7) Eric Van Cauwenberge 71
Russia - the other brics grow GDP Eric Van Cauwenberge
Currency Russian ruble (RUR) Exchange rates Russian rubles per
US dollar 32.35 (2013) - 31.32 (2012) - 30 (2010) - 31.74 (2009) -
24.853 (2008) 25.581 (2007) - 27.191 (2006) - 28.284 (2005), 28.814
(2004), 30.692 (2003) Governor Elvira Nabiullina Russian rubles per
EURO 44.82 Economy Profile (8) Eric Van Cauwenberge 73
Some Russian banknotes (9) Eric Van Cauwenberge 74
Russian gas reserves (10) Eric Van Cauwenberge 75
Biggest employer of Russia (431.000) The world's largest
company in terms of natural gas reserves 487 billion m3 sold in
2012 Supplies around 1/3 of Western Europes gas imports Russian
state owns 50 % of the stocks Chain of pipelines: Blue Stream,
European stream, North European gas pipeline Gazprom Viktor Zubkov
+Alexy Miller Eric Van Cauwenberge 76
Gas sales (volume bcm) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Gas production (million tons) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Gas sales (million tons) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Gas sales volumes Europe (bm) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Gas sales volumes Europe (bm) Eric Van Cauwenberge
FSU: Former Sovjet Union countries Gas sales volumes abroad
(bm) Eric Van Cauwenberge
Partners: E.ON, BASF, Wintershall Holding, Verbundnetz Gas and
Siemens (Germany), GDF SUEZ, EDF and Total (France), Eni (Italy),
Botas (Turkey), Fortum (Finland), Gasunie and GasTerra (the
Netherlands), DONG Energy (Denmark), Statoil (Norway), OMV
(Austria), CNPC and PetroChina (China), GAIL (India), MOL
(Hungary), PGNiG (Poland), SPP (Slovakia), Srbijagas (Serbia),
Bulgarian Energy Holding (Bulgaria), Kogas (Korea), Mitsui,
Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) and transnational Shell. Gazprom and
partners (3) Eric Van Cauwenberge 83
Alexy Miller:Chairman of Gazprom's Management Committee Viktor
Zukov Chairman of the Board of Directors, former First Deputy Prime
Minister Gazprom meeting shareholders (4) Eric Van Cauwenberge
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2012 results - Belgium consumed 16.9 billion m of imported
natural gas. A Yanovsky, V Chizhov, A Medvedev, Al Romanov , A
Kuznetsov, Director of Gazproms representative office in Kingdom of
Belgium A new headquarter in Brussels Eric Van Cauwenberge
Winter Games 2014 Sochi will host the major quadrennial winter
competitions. Several thousand sportsmen, coaches, journalists and
over one million spectators from different parts of the world will
come in winter 2014 Gazprom 2014 program envisaging construction
and operation of sports, infrastructure and power facilities in
Sochi A Miller took the torch Sochi winter games 14 Eric Van
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Nabucco Pipeline Gbor Bercsi Managing Director Eric Van
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Nabucco West in Hungary (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge
South Stream Pipeline Gazprom Eric Van Cauwenberge
South Stream different options Eric Van Cauwenberge 90
North Stream Pipeline - ready Eric Van Cauwenberge 91
Pipeline through Poland Eric Van Cauwenberge
Pipelines transporting gas Eric Van Cauwenberge
Transneft operates one of the largest networks of oil pipelines
in the world The company moves crude oil through more than 70.000
km of pipeline Transneft operates a transportation network
stretching across Eastern Europe and Asia. About 500 pump stations,
and 934 tankers Capable of storing more than 20 million cu. meters
of petroleum product. The company transports about 93% of the oil
produced in Russia President Tokarev Petrovich Transneft Eric Van
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Transneft pipelines (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge 95
One of the world's biggest companies - production of crude oil
& gas and refining into petroleum products and petrochemicals.
Leader on Russian and international markets in its core business -
Employs 150.000 people Second largest public company in terms of
proven oil and gas reserves - 2011-13.4 billion barrels of oil
reserve Founded 1991 V Alekperov Merger of three former oil
companies LUKoil Eric Van Cauwenberge 96
LUKOIL is one of the world's biggest companies for production
of crude oil & gas - refining into petroleum products and
petrochemicals - 0.8% of global oil reserves - 2.1% of global oil
production -reserves 17.3 billion barrels of oil (2012) Leader on
Russian and international markets in its core business - 16.3% of
Russian oil production - 16.7% of Russian oil refining The 2nd
largest non-state publicly traded oil company worldwide by proven
reserves of hydrocarbons LUKoil Eric Van Cauwenberge
Every day millions of people in 30 countries of the world buy
our products, and use those products to improve the quality of
their lives 150,000 people workforce Proved The first Russian
company to receive full listing on the London Stock Exchange Leader
among Russian oil companies for openness and transparency Merger of
3 compagnies LUKoil Eric Van Cauwenberge
V Alekperov - President of "LUKOIL" Russia, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania,
Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, USA (filling stations) LUKoil
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The leader of Russias petroleum industry - ranks among the
worlds top publicly traded oil and gas companies The Company is
primarily engaged in exploration and production of hydrocarbons,
production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing
of outputs The state holds 75.16% in the Company - 15% of shares
are in free-float - Retail network covers 41 regions of the Russian
Federation - Owns 50% of Ruhr Oel GmbH (refineries in Germany)
Rosneft I Sechin (Chairman of Management Board) Eric Van
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Rosneft in the hands of a close friend Eric Van
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Meeting with the participants in the seventh ministerial
meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. A gas exporting forum
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Vladimir Putin's Big, Soviet Dream Eurasian Economic Community
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Russia the Asiatic gasmarket (1) Eric Van Cauwenberge 104
The EU and Russia have a strong trade relationship Bilateral
trade and investments continue to grow rapidly The EU has been a
strong supporter of Russia's WTO membership since the very start of
the process to the end of it Russia joined the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) on 22 August 2012 - This accession is important
for the EU Membership will give a major boost to further
development of the economic relationship between the EU and Russia
Russia and the EU Eric Van Cauwenberge
For the first time both entities will be bound by international
standards for their mutual trade Russia 3th trading partner of the
EU EU the 1st trading partner of Russia. EU exports to Russia -
2012: 122.5 billion EU imports from Russia - 2012: 196.8 billion
Total trade in goods - 2012: 358 billion EU largest foreign
investor in Russia investments 120 billion - Russian investments in
the EU 42 billion (2010) Russia and the EU Eric Van
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Russia and the EU - goods Eric Van Cauwenberge
Russia and the EU - services Eric Van Cauwenberge
EU trade relations with Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge
EU countries and investments - Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge
EU import from Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge
EU export to Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge
EU Trade flows and balance, annual data 2003 - 2012 Eric Van
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Trade partners of Russia Eric Van Cauwenberge
According to economist Alexandra Kalinina, despite the improved
score, corruption in Russia remains not a problem, but a business.
Ordinary Russians describe the level has high or very high - Bribe
of survival (Yukos) Independent experts maintain that corruption
consumes as much of 25 percent of Russias GD - A World Bank report
puts this figure at 48 percent Corruption has penetrated all levels
of government and most other aspects of life in Russia Bribery +
corruption have become endemic Eric Van Cauwenberge 115
the 2012 rankings of the other three BRIC countries are much
better: Brazil (73rd place), China (80th place) and India (94th
place). A notable worsening of this ranking for Russia from 90th
place to 126th occurred at the beginning of Vladimir Putins second
term as president a drop of 36 places in only one year. Among the
crimes referred to as corruption practices are abuse of office,
forgery by an official, illegal engagement in business activities,
bribery etc. Bribery + corruption have become endemic Eric Van
Cauwenberge 116
15% of Russians reported to have paid a bribe in the past 12
months The average bribe amounted to 9.000 Rubles in 2008: 23.000
Rubles in 2009: 61.000 Rubles in 2010: and 236.000 Rubles in 2011.
In other words, the average bribe in 2011 was 26 times greater than
the average bribe in 2008, many times the inflation rate for the
same period (the Interior Ministrys Department for Combating
Economic Crimes) Bribery + corruption have become endemic Eric Van
Cauwenberge 117
The most corrupt spheres in Russia (in terms of household
corruption) are healthcare, education, housing and communal
services (services (Sergei Ivanov, the Kremlin chief of staff) In
comparison, independent experts from RBC magazine name
law-enforcement agencies (including the State Traffic Safety
Inspectorate) as the most corrupt sphere in Russia, followed by
healthcare, education, housing and communal services, and social
security Bribery + corruption have become endemic Eric Van
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Rank 127/177 Index 36/100 Corruption Perceptions ranking
Transparency International 2013 Eric Van Cauwenberge
19% strongly disagree 37% disagree - 70% strongly agree 38%
agree - The extent institutions are perceived to be most affected
by corruption-public Eric Van Cauwenberge
77% of the residents felt the political parties were corrupt
83% of the residents felt the parlement is corrupt 70% of the
residents felt the army is corrupt 45% of the residents felt the
NGOs are corrupt 59% of the residents felt the media are corrupt
40% of the residents felt the church institutions are corrupt 57%
of the residents felt the business is corrupt 72% of the residents
felt the education system is corrupt 84% of the residents felt the
judicary is corrupt What does the public think about corruption?
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75% of the residents felt the medical and health services are
corrupt 89% of the residents felt the police is corrupt 92% of the
residents felt that the public officials and civil servants are
corrupt To what extent do you agree that ordinary people can make a
difference in the fight against corruption? What does the public
think about corruption? Eric Van Cauwenberge
Like the courts, the mass media are highly dependent on the
government. The editorial policies of the Russias main TV channels
(Channel One, VGTRK, NTV, etc.) as well as radio stations and
newspapers are controlled by the Kremlin Even Russian Public
Television, theoretically an autonomous institution, is dependent
on the state, since the president appoints its general manager and
board of directors Why corruption can florish in Russia? Eric Van
Cauwenberge
Mikhail Lesin, Putins former information minister, as the new
head of Gazprom-Media, Russias largestand de facto state-runmedia
group, which incorporates several broadcast, print, and online
outlets. Lesins return to a senior position is no less symbolic
than that of Surkov and says a lot about the Kremlins plans for
Russias few remaining uncensored media Putin and the media Eric Van
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Putin cartoon Eric Van Cauwenberge 125
1 4 / 1 2 / 2 0 1 3 Russia and the financial crisis Eric Van
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Some cartoons Eric Van Cauwenberge 127
Sometimes in prison and released A blog is difficult to stop
anti-corruption site: Rospil United Russia the party of thieves and
crooks is one of his sayings Called to protest against the fraude
in the elections Maybe is able to unite the oppositon Jevgenija
Tsjirikova enviromental activist is an ally Blog of Alaksy Navalny
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Alaksy Navalny Eric Van Cauwenberge
Oligarch is a synonym of business magnate tycoon = a person who
controls a large position of a particular industry Financed the
re-election of Yeltsin in 1996 and get of lot of power Since July
2008, (financial news agency Bloomberg), Russia's wealthiest 25
individuals have collectively lost $230bn ( 181bn) Closely linked
to the meltdown in Russia's stock market (RTS index - 71% value),
due to the capital flight after Russia invaded Georgia Oligarchs
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Traditionally an informal name for the heads of power
ministries i.e. Ministry of Defence,Interior Affairs Name refers to
a clan of former (KGB) and present members of security (FSB) or
military services - They came to power during the Yeltsin years
Significant increase in influence during Putin time (the inner
circle Putins informal politburo) They neutralised alternative
sources of influence: oligarchs, regional governors, the media,
parliament, opposition parties and non-governmental organisations
Siloviki power Eric Van Cauwenberge
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