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Year: 2008
“To Exercise All Rights”
From the Washington Post: In a statement to the court, released by his lawyers, Khodorkovsky said: “I understand that, if need be, I can appeal directly to the president of our country. However, respecting the law and the judicial branch as ...
Not Worth the Paper They Are Written On…
Yulia Latynina expresses her regret that a seemingly merit-less lawsuit brought by Michael Cherney against Oleg Deripaska of Rusal is accepted by a London court due to the fact that there are doubts about the functioning of the Russian legal syste...
Energy Blast – July 17, 2008
A group of employees at TNK-BP have filed a lawsuit against Robert Dudley, the firm’s chief executive, accusing him of mismanaging the company. A decision will be made regarding the renewal of Dudley’s visa over the weekend. Gazprom says it ...
Today in Russian Business – July 17, 2008
The Russian government is concerned that inflation above 15% (Russia’s annual rate is currently at 15.1%) could harm investment, and is emphasizing the need to reduce prices. Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s largest lenders, will acquire 76% o...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 17, 2008
TODAY: Khodorkovsky appeals for early release, challenging Medvedev’s promises of reform; Communist Party not surprised by ruling on election annulment; bill submitted could improve prisoners’ rights; Fedotov says veto is not a contradiction; Ital...
Moving Out the Bureaucrats
A Wall Street Journal article argues that change in Russia may best be measured by who gets placed in charge of the state-owned companies: But in some areas, particularly economic policy, Mr. Medvedev has begun to deliver on some of his liberal ca...
The International Criminal Court, Then and Now
JURIST has an interesting column today by David Scheffler, former US Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), now at Northwestern University School of Law, about the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the ICC: True to its anti-...
Yuri Schmidt on the Khodorkovsky Parole Request
The Associated Press quotes Khodorkovsky’s lawyer Yuri Schmidt with regard to the submission of a request for parole: “We wish Dmitry Anatolyevich (Medvedev) success absolutely sincerely,” Shmidt said at a news conference. “...
Energy Blast – July 16, 2008
The technical problems affecting Russia’s oil supply to the Czech Republic “don’t seem to have touched Poland, Hungary, or Slovakia, all of which are also supplied by the same pipeline.” This may be because Tatneft, one of the two key suppli...