RA is quoted by the AmLaw Daily blog with regard to the break up of the TNK-BP and Gazprom deal to acquire a share in the Kovykta field. “It’s apparent that BP made a vast miscalculation in dealing with the Kremlin,” says Robert ...
As noted, the Singaporean opposition leader Dr. Chee Soon Juan is appearing before court this week to fight preposterously trumped up charges of having participated in a protest without a permit – only the latest in a series of ruinous lawsu...
The headlines are awash today with the dramatic quotes from the former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan, who in simple and unequivocal language directly assumed some responsibility for the current financial crisis: “I made a mist...
Last night I attended the Human Rights First 30th annual award dinner in New York City, where I had the opportunity to meet with the admirable Russian civil society leader Oleg Kozlovsky – a brave young man who is well known to my regular re...
It was another rough day for Russian markets, as the RTS slumped 14 percent to 549.43 and the Micex down to to 513.62, which is the tenth consecutive weekly decline. Our devaluation prediction from Sunday did not pan out, but it certainly feels cl...
It’s a scary situation when after oil and gas, a country’s top export is arms. Somehow I just don’t see that really helping the world. Although India and China are traditionally the largest buyers, Russia has been ambitiously exp...
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...
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