"We are able to charge for the increased risk. VTB Capital is an emerging market bank and we are prepared to do business other banks…
On 1 June 2017, Alexey Miller, chairman of Gazprom, held a meeting with a Greek high official in Sankt Petersburg on securing transit of Russian…
VTB Capital, one of the bidders for India’s Essar Steel, has been involved in serious cases of corruption. After Victor Yanukovych was ousted in 2014,…
VTB, one of the bidders for India’s Essar Steel, has faced charges in the US. In 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) fined…
The similarities between VTB’s partnership with India’s Essar and the Hoima project in Uganda are striking. In 2016, a Russian consortium walked out from the…
Sanctions turned Russia’s VTB Group into a pariah in Western countries. VTB shifted its focus to Asia to offset US and EU sanctions. Amid sanctions,…
(The Ruia family controls the vast Essar corporation: from left, Anshuman Ruia, Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Prashant Ruia) The Ruias have very strong ties…
Italy’s Snam, Belgium’s Fluxys and Spain’s Engas were declared the preferred bidder in the acquisition of DESFA, Greece’s gas operator. (See here for more details:…
On 6 April 2018, the US Government imposed new sanctions against Russian businessmen and government officials. One of them, Andrey Kostin, reacted furiously. Kostin is…
Gazprom is Russia’s giant company in the field of extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas. It is a major player on the global…