“The international banks are facing enormous pressure to get people on the ground in Russia. The market keeps going up, the number of international investors keeps rising and this looks to continue next year.”
“We are about to move into a new phase when Russian state-controlled energy companies are opened for investment with cooperative foreign firms. It makes sense to have someone with international experience ? either corporate or political ? leading that process at the head of those companies.”
“The two groups are clearly vying for a dominant position in energy. The only thing we are sure of is that ultimately a state company will be dominant.”
“When they make that adjustment, it should lead to one-off demand of around $8 billion from [large mutual] funds. That's one of the drivers of the share price.”
“Russia is risking losing credibility as a reliable energy supplier by cutting off supplies to an external customer on the same day it takes over as leader of the G-8.”
