Putin’s Junior Partner Speaks Out on Russian Business

President Dmitry Medvedev ordered prosecutors to investigate Russia’s state corporations on Friday, questioning the need for the powerful institutions championed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.  The way forward for these state enterprises, is to remove the super-protection and special status conferred on them two years ago by PM Putin, and to allow them to operate subject to the market forces other Russian enterprises are subject to.

Russian State Businesses Under Scrutiny