The Yukos Affair and the climate for business in Russia

Oxford, Monday October 11, 2004

Current forecasts

"The informal rules of the business-state game allow interventions unconstrained by law. However, intervention is confined to state-led development of the natural-resource-based exporting industries."

Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, 27th September 2004

The Yukos affair in Russia has led to some common misperceptions about Putin's Russia. Here we summarise OA insights into the Yukos affair and its repercussions, and outline our current forecasts for Yukos and the climate for business in Russia.

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