Over on Opinio Juris, an international law blog which I read religiously, I caught the news today of a Dutch court of appeals backing an earlier ruling which has granted immunity to the United Nations over the Srebrenica massacre, meaning that the...
March 31 will mark the one year anniversary of the start of the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. When a court trial drags on for more than a year, I need not listen to the hearsay, but rather I have had the “pleasure” of observing...
I clearly understood that the choice of the Lubyanka station was to send a message to the FSB, but it is interesting to note that 1) the bombers could have selected a different station to claim more victims, and 2) the Park Kultury attack may have...
Looks like everything is Situation Normal on state-controlled television in Russia today. From the BBC: “Why didn’t senior officials… talk to people through one of the main federal channels to stop them from going into the ...
State-run nuclear holding Rosatom believes that its agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to create a 120-ton uranium fuel bank will help widen demand for nuclear power. Uranium prices may start to rise at the end of the year...
The same police officer whose investigation led to the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in custody in November is now seeking the arrest of a Hermitage partner in the case, the company has reportedly said. ‘The market...
TODAY: Metro attack death toll rises as Moscow mourns; Lavrov hints at Afghanistan militant connection. Speculation mounts about political fallout. Newsweek editor fights off controversy; Ryabinin case closed; emergency light abuse. ST...
Good suggestions from a random citizen, interviewed by the Financial Times: Mikhail Ivanov, a Muscovite standing near the same metro station, said he hoped the bombings would teach law enforcers that they needed to do a better job protecting the R...
It is certainly not difficult to conceive that the double terrorist bombing committed on the Moscow metro this morning was orchestrated by militant Muslim groups from Chechnya, Dagestan, or Ingushetia (or another part of the North Caucasus). ...
From the Independent: “I’m not scared, but I feel like we’re at war,” he said. “My only feeling is to take vengeance. On whom? I don’t know yet. But it cannot remain unpunished.” There was no immediate cla...
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