Phillip P. Pan at the Washington Post has an article today on the Bill Browder/Hermitage/HSBC international lawsuit against Renaissance Capital and members of the Russian government. Also check out the full legal filing for foreign discovery...
So many people use conflict and its victims as political instruments, with little thought given to how these decisions, words, and rhetoric powerful impact the personal lives and families of thousands. This has certainly been true in the Rus...
Here is the beginning of Robert Amsterdam’s latest contribution to Huffington Post: It really is impressive the level of tolerance we’ve built up when it comes to Russia’s confrontational antics. Take for example the move in earl...
Reuters reports that Poland and Russia are unlikely to reach a deal on gas when Putin visits Warsaw in September, and negotiations could continue until the end of the year, meaning Poland may, in the meantime, have to seek supplies elsewhere. ...
A new state program will see car owners offered the chance to swap their old bangers for a $1,500 voucher they can use against the purchase of a domestically produced car. Avtovaz says that its $1 billion of emergency loans has been almost e...
TODAY: Putin promises to fortify Abkhazia with new base; Ukraine still smarting from Medvedev blow. EU urges Russian leadership to work on safety of human rights advocates. Lawyers in Russia beware – it is not just their clients ...
How the Kremlin Fights Corruption Grigory Pasko, journalist Here’s a story of a person I have recently come into contact with, which speaks volumes about how the Russian authorities deal with their own worst problem: corruption. Если В...
Back in June the respected health journal The Lancet published a scary report on alcoholism in Russia, noting that booze kills more people than war, making it the country’s biggest public threat. Now that we are well into August, the l...
Radoslaw Sikorski writes in Europe’s World on the Eastern Partnership initiative: The EaP also has an important political aspect: it shows partner countries attractive development prospects and offers them the opportunity to make the strateg...
Writing in the China Post, Frank Ching argues that Beijing’s hosting of the summer olympic games of 2008 did nothing to advance human rights. One would imagine that the same would go for Sochi. The two issues — human rights and C...
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