Podcasts
PODCAST: War or Peace? Russia and US talks on NATO expansion and European security
Yesterday(14/01/2022) Editor in Chief, Ben Aris was on Zoom/YouTube for a discussion with Charles Robertson, the head of research at Renaissance Capital, a Russia veteran, to talk about the ongoing talks in Geneva on a new East/West security deal. The talks started on the 10/01/2022 but all
WoE: The Bucharest Stock Exchange rebrands for the digital future in a record year with BVB president Radu Hanga
Amid the global stock market rally as the world recovers from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has performed particularly strongly. Not only have its main indices beaten major European and US exchanges this year, it has also seen a flood of new bond and eq
WOE: Hopes and expectations for COP 26 with Russian delegate Vyacheslav Fetisov
The jury is still out on whether the UN's COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow is a success. It will all come down to the contribution of delegates, who are now taking over from national leaders in discussions to form a global framework for combatting climate change. China and Russia have dr
WoE: Retail in the time of corona with Sergei Goncharov, CEO of Pyaterochka
Retail in Russia is booming, but it's also undergoing seismic shifts. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed customers online, leading retailers to invest in technology and logistics in response to unprecedented demand. How can industry leaders keep pace with changing consumer preferences, and what does t
WoE Natural gas burning bright - are sky-high gas prices the new norm?
Natural gas prices are at historical highs and breaking records on a nearly daily basis. Are sky-high prices here to stay? What is driving the surge? bne IntelliNews hosts three veterans of the Russian market to discuss the issues that between them have more than 100 years of experien
WoE: the arrest of Roman Protasevich with Tadeusz Giczan, editor-in-chief of Belarus opposition Telegram channel Nexta
On May 23 Belarus scrambled a MiG-29 fighter to force down a Ryanair passenger plane flying over its territory and arrested a passenger, the former editor and co-founder of the opposition Nexta Telegram channel. He is now being held in the KGB detention centre in central Minsk but has not yet been f
WoE: the post-coronavirus re-bound with Evghenia Sleptsova of Oxford Economics and Elina Ribakova of IIF
The world was hit by a global pandemic and an oil shock in 2020 but as 2021 gets underway the economies in Emerging Europe are bouncing back surprisingly quickly. What is driving the recovery? What problems remain? How will Ukraine cope with the suspension of its IMF programme? Just how exposed i
WoE: Whither Ukraine in 2021
Ukraine has been on a rollercoaster ride this year. After the wild optimism following the election of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the hectic reform legislative drive of the first six months of his administration, the whole programme seems to have been derail and the IMF programme has
WoE: Powering Change in Uzbekistan: Energy Reforms and Investment Opportunities
The Uzbek Ministry of Energy hosted an international webinar on current and future developments in the country’s energy sector in cooperation with bne IntelliNews that was hosted by Ben Aris, the editor-in-chief of bne IntelliNews. Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched a five-year reform
