From time to time, we receive occasional contributions from the highly respected Russian human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, who heads up Russia’s Rule of Law Institute. Below is his take on the invasion of Georgia. Markelov’s arti...
Today Diane Francis of Canada’s National Post has a front page profile feature of Robert Amsterdam, as well as a related blog post. If this is your first time visiting this blog as a result, welcome, and please check out the links along the ...
Another TNK-BP executive has quit. Anthony Considine, the head of refining, trading and marketing operations, has resigned after five years with the venture due to “present volatile circumstances”. BP says operations at the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pip...
Russian stocks have fallen to their lowest level since 2006. “Politics is weighing on the market.” Air carrier S7 is considering taking part in the contest for a stake in Austrian Airlines. Russian investment and finance group Kapital has sold its...
TODAY: Medvedev to decide on Georgia’s breakaway republics today amid US criticism; Russia says that breaking ties with Nato would be “no great loss”, and may block a supply route through Afganistan; Putin sees WTO commitments as a “burden”. Power...
The tricky thing about trying to sue the state in Russia or otherwise defend against their prosecutors is that they tend to immediately raid your legal offices to steal important briefs and other materials – and one should consider themselve...
These images of a U.S. warship arriving to Georgia, though bearing only humanitarian aid, feel nearly surreal and of some other time. But no, this is indeed the reality we are dealing with.
I saw this recent bit from Diane Francis: Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council is investigating claims that Moscow is illegally distributing Russian passports to Russian speaking sympathizers in the port city of Sevastopil. Ukraine leas...
Everyone is equal before the law. But some are more equal? Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. Article 14 of the Constitution of the RF says: «The Russian Federation – is a secu...
The following exclusive translation comes from the Russian newspaper Vedomosti – it appears that his release would represent a boon to the stock market. Person of the week: Mikhail Khodorkovsky Kirill Kharatyan 25.08.2008, №158 (2180) The wo...
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