Author Archives: Robert Amsterdam

Sweden Buckles Under Russian Pressure on Arbitration

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: April 16, 2012

A few weeks ago we published a story on the controversial move by a Swedish judge, whose husband acts as a lawyer on behalf of the Russian Federation, who intervened with a telephone call to the court bailiff in an attempt to freeze the auction of a Russian-owned property which had been attached to an [...]

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Yavlinsky: Separating Power from Property

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: April 5, 2012
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Opposition veteran Grigory Yavlinsky takes another look at the 1990s in Russia, and what we have come to understand about the roles of the economic elites.

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Lawyer for Henry Banda Comments on Politically Motivated Persecution by Zambian Government

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: April 3, 2012

The following press release was distributed via wire today at 6AM. Following media reports on the Zambian government’s failure to lay charges in support of requests for the arrest of Henry Banda, son of former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, their legal counsel have dismissed the arrest requests as unfounded and politically motivated. “These unspecified allegations [...]

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Former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda and Son Henry Banda Appoint International Legal Team

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: March 22, 2012
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Press release announcing the hiring of Amsterdam & Peroff LLP by the former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda and his son Henry Banda.

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Addicted to Immunity

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: March 4, 2012

Putin doesn’t have to rig the vote in order to win, but he does it anyways. What does that say about this government?

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National Delusions

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: February 12, 2012

This weekend on the culture blog PopMatters.com, journalist Jedd Beaudoin has published an impressive review of the book “It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway” by my friend David Satter. Beaudoin gets right to the heart of the matter concerning Russia’s troubled experience with historical revisionism, and the impact these official [...]

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Russian Thinkers

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: January 24, 2012

My friend David Satter has come out with a terrific new book entitled It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past – recommended reading for anyone who follows Russia.  Here, in the Montreal Review, he has a short essay on the politics of history and individualism in [...]

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Video: Putin, Russia, and The West (BBC)

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: January 24, 2012

Part 1 of this interesting BBC Documentary on Russia’s evolving relations with the West.  See it while you can… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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Putin’s Next Moves

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: January 17, 2012

Vladimir Putin’s political survival will be based on his ability to re-unite his two core constituencies, but the baggage from his outsized personality is getting in the way.

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Can Putin Survive Competitive Politics?

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 31, 2011
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Throughout the course of Vladimir Putin’s very long political career, he has never been burdened with the labors and occasional indignity of a genuinely competitive campaign. Now, for the first time, we are hearing arguments from Putin as to why he is still needed.

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