Last year was a bad one for the russian equity market, which posted only modest gains despite a global boom among energy-producing economies. After the country recovered from its debt meltdown in 1998, some investors saw 80 percent returns in 2003 and expected the boom to continue. "It should have been a good year, with many parts of the economy doing well, but it ended up being quite negative," says Mattias Westman, chief executive of Prosperity Capital Management, which manages about $650 million in Russian equities. The main reason was the government's ongoing battle with the formerly high-flying oil company Yukos. "Outside of 1998, this has been the most confidence-destroying step the government has taken," says Ian Hague, co-founder of Firebird Management, which has around $850 million invested in Russian equities. Yukos, with high-profile public relations help from Burson-Marsteller and Henry Kissinger's firm, ended up making the government look very bad.
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机译：去年对俄罗斯股票市场而言是糟糕的一年，尽管全球能源生产经济体的繁荣，但俄罗斯股市仅录得温和的涨幅。在该国于1998年从债务危机中恢复过来之后，一些投资者在2003年获得了80％的回报，并预计这种繁荣将继续下去。繁荣资本管理公司（Prosperity Capital Management）首席执行官马蒂亚斯·韦斯曼（Mattias Westman）表示：“本来应该是丰收的一年，经济的许多领域都表现良好，但最终却相当不利。”该公司管理着约6.5亿美元的俄罗斯股票。主要原因是政府与前高飞的石油公司尤科斯（Yukos）正在进行的战斗。 Firebird Management联合创始人伊恩·海格（Ian Hague）说：“自1998年以来，这是政府采取的最破坏信心的措施。”该公司在俄罗斯股票上投资了约8.5亿美元。尤科斯在博雅公关公司和亨利·基辛格的公司的大力公共关系帮助下，最终使政府看上去非常糟糕。
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