Whomever was in charge of telling me that Yevgeny Chichvarkin’s nickname was the “million-dollar mullet” is fired.  That is just too good.  Russia Profile has a very good article this week on his case, which is very complicated even by Russian standards.

The Russian authorities officially filed for Chichvarkin’s extradition in June, after he skipped a summons for questioning in January, and instead fled to London, where a number of Russian businessmen have found political asylum. Chichvarkin, a flamboyant businessman nicknamed the “million-dollar mullet” on account of his hairstyle, is wanted in Russia on charges of extortion and the kidnap of Andrei Vlaskin, a former Yevroset employee. Interpol in March also added the telecoms tycoon to their wanted list.