Tomorrow will mark the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Today Robert Amsterdam has an opinion article published in the Wall Street Journal in commemoration. Also see an article published earlier this week about the case by ...
As my week in New York City draws to close I’m relieved to be headed back home, both to see my family and to get away from the non-stop election coverage that I masochistically subject myself to. Here’s a thought that I am sure is shar...
This one comes from from Silicon Alley Insider: The Russian government blocked Google from acquiring contextual advertising firm Begun. Google would have paid Russian portal Rambler $140 million for its subsidiary, but Russian authorities say Goog...
This is from Michael McFaul’s recent testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Sept. 9, 2008. Two responses currently being debated among America’s foreign policy elite – business as usual and isolation – must be avoided. Th...
Good piece in the New York Times today about Azerbaijan. “Azerbaijan is doing a dance between the West and Russia,” said Isa Gambar, an Azeri opposition figure. “Until now, there was an unspoken consensus. Georgia was with the West, Armenia was an...
As many regular readers of my blog already know, I am involved in the international legal support of the Singapore dissident Chee Soon Juan. Today he went on trial, and the following press release has been distributed to media. I urge everyone to ...
Who says propaganda’s dead? RIA Novosti reports: Lukashenko says crisis prompts U.S. to look to Belarus model. Oh yes, that’s a great idea. What we really need are political prisoners, no free speech, flagrant corruption, zero transpar...
Edward Lozansky is very critical of Sen. Barack Obama’s Russia team of advisers, claiming that the Kremlin would prefer to deal with the Bush administration. Then again, the guy loses a lot of credibility when he asks his audience to believe...
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