Artists and Intellectuals Write Open Letter to Putin

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: October 27, 2007

Remember back when a group of artists demanded that Putin remain in office, claiming to represent the entire cultural community? Here comes the blowback. Echo Moskvy, the last free voice on Russia’s airwaves, reported the following at 22:03 on 25 October 2007: Russian cultural figures are indignant at an appeal to the president of the […]

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Committee to Free Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: October 26, 2007

Please visit the new website of the Committee to Free Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, where you can express your support by signing an open letter, see a video and other multimedia, and leave a message.

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Price Controls or Electioneering?

By James Kimer | Published:

This week we interviewed Craig Pirrong for his perspective on Russia’s decision to freeze food prices until after the elections. The new Economist is carrying an article on the news as well: According to a recent poll, almost half of Russia’s population believes that food-price increases are the result of a conspiracy between producers and […]

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Video: Murdering the Truth – A Channel 4 Documentary

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Below are the first two parts of the compelling documentary by British station Channel Four, investigating the death of Anna Politkovskaya. CHANNEL4: MURDERING THE TRUTH IN RUSSIA 1 OF 3Uploaded by Top-Notch112 CHANNEL4: MURDERING THE TRUTH IN RUSSIA 2 OF 3Uploaded by Top-Notch112

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Momentum Gathering in Europe Behind Human Rights in Russia

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I apologize for my relative absence from the blog over the past couple of days. I have just come to the end of an extremely busy week in Europe, where there has been a noticeable groundswell of support on several of the issues I advocate for in Russia. In Germany on Wednesday, I appeared on […]

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RA in the Wall Street Journal

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Robert Amsterdam is quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal on the Platon Lebedev ruling from the ECHR.

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct. 26, 2007

By Citizen M | Published:

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Portuguese counterpart Anibal Cavaco Silva look at the Hermitage collection of the Russian Empire at the Ajuda palace in Lisbon October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Andre Kosters/Pool (PORTUGAL) The Kremlin is currently involved in a diplomatic campaign “to curtail the activities of election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation […]

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Lebedev vs. Russia, ECHR Judgment

By James Kimer | Published: October 25, 2007

The full text of the European Court of Human Rights judgment on case Lebedev vs. Russia (Application no. 4493/04) can be downloaded here. Courtroom sketch of Platon Lebedev by Pavel Shevelev

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Platon Lebedev Statement

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Earlier today the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued a ruling which found that the Russian government had violated the rights of a Yukos manager on five counts. Below is a statement from Platon Lebedev’s Defense Team: It is symbolic that the European Court on Human Rights has issued the first of its […]

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Audio: Marketplace Interview with Robert Amsterdam

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Robert Amsterdam was interviewed today for a short radio segment on Marketplace Morning Report for National Public Radio. The report was entitled “Working in Russia is risky business,” and coincides with the fourth anniversary of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s arrest. Oleg Deripaska of Rusal and Russneft are also mentioned in the short report. Listen to Robert Amsterdam […]

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