Oleg Deripaska

Sochi's Olympian Task (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

SOCHI, Russia -- As this Soviet-era Black Sea resort town prepares to host the 2014 Winter Games, the global credit crisis is casting a chill on some of the biggest private investors in the Olympics infrastructure. Anton...

Peter Mandelson and George Osborne reunited after row

Peter Mandelson and George Osborne have been reunited for the first time following a row over their meetings with a controversial Russian oligarch. Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, and Mr Osborne, the shadow chancellor,...

Osborne to change role and downplay green taxes as Tories lose economic battle

A chastened George Osborne is to step back from his frontline party political role over the coming months to focus his attention on reviewing Tory economic policy amid growing fears among senior Conservatives that the shadow...

Tory grandees urge Cameron to give Osborne’s job to Ken Clarke

Senior Conservatives are privately urging David Cameron to bring back Kenneth Clarke to replace George Osborne as Shadow Chancellor.The rumbles at Westminster against Osborne began after newspaper reports…

National Projects Under Crisis Watch

The national projects, a state priority during Vladimir Putin’s last years as president that catapulted Dmitry Medvedev into the Kremlin, have taken a back seat since the presidential election and face being sidelined further...

RUSAL backs bigger Kremlin role at Norilsk

By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Robin Paxton MOSCOW (Reuters) - United Company RUSAL is lobbying for the Kremlin to replace rival shareholder Vladimir Potanin as the power behind Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.MM: ), as the world's largest...

John Harris: Inside the court of London's golden couple, Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud

On Saturday August 16 2008, Rupert Murdoch's 184ft-long yacht, the Rosehearty, was moored in the Aegean Sea, where the living was evidently easy. Murdoch, along with a gathering of family, friends and associates, was awaiting...

Tories speculate about David Cameron replacing George Osborne as shadow chancellor

I would not read too much into this, but speculation about David Cameron replacing George Osborne has now reached the news pages of the Financial Times.Jean Eaglesham and George Parker report that Osborne is now not just...

The Rothschilds: The First Barons of Banking

Nobleman: Baron David de Rothschild, the head of the Rothschild bank. The Rothschilds have helped the British government since financing Wellington's army to fight the French in 1815. Galen Clarke / The National Among the...

Deripaska mill that polluted Lake Baikal closes

After decades of campaigning, environmentalists in Russia are celebrating the closure of a notorious factory controlled by the billionaire Oleg Deripaska that pumped toxic waste into Lake Baikal. Since it was built more than...