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April 21, 2011

Today in Russian Business – April 21, 2011

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland says it has officially launched a criminal investigation in relation to money laundering, but has stopped short of naming the suspect, who is thought to be former tax official Olga Stepanova.  ...
April 21, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 21, 2011

TODAY: Putin delivers annual report; official dampens hopes of visa-free travel with U.S.; migration official sacked; journalist arrested for extortion; music critic fined, faces jail; police investigate illegal felling of Moscow birch trees; warm...
April 21, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 21, 2011

TODAY: Putin delivers annual report; official dampens hopes of visa-free travel with U.S.; migration official sacked; journalist arrested for extortion; music critic fined, faces jail; police investigate illegal felling of Moscow birch trees; warm...
April 21, 2011

When Governments Incorporate Mafias

Jamison Firestone, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management and former employer of murdered lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has a powerful piece published in Foreign Policy today. When I opened my law firm, Firestone Duncan, in Moscow in 1993, I was awa...
April 21, 2011

When Governments Incorporate Mafias

Jamison Firestone, a lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management and former employer of murdered lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has a powerful piece published in Foreign Policy today. When I opened my law firm, Firestone Duncan, in Moscow in 1993, I was awa...
April 21, 2011

Report: Thailand’s Military Casts Shadow over Election

One year ago, the Royal Thai Government massacred ninety-one people to avoid an early election it feared it might lose. Finally, the general elections for which dozens of Red Shirts gave their lives are on track to take place in June or July 2011....
April 21, 2011

Report: Thailand’s Military Casts Shadow over Election

One year ago, the Royal Thai Government massacred ninety-one people to avoid an early election it feared it might lose. Finally, the general elections for which dozens of Red Shirts gave their lives are on track to take place in June or July 2011....
April 20, 2011

Video: Alexei Navalny Interview

When Transneft’s shareholders complained about the gradual 75% reduction in dividends over the last eight years, the company gave an answer that no one could argue with. If we pay more dividends, that will mean less money for all the orphans...
April 20, 2011

The Death of Free Television

Ten years on from the state’s forced takeover of NTV, Yevgeny Kiselyov, a former reporter at the station, mourns the loss of independent television in Russia, painting a picture of a previously rich news environment of healthy debate an...
April 20, 2011

The Death of Free Television

Ten years on from the state’s forced takeover of NTV, Yevgeny Kiselyov, a former reporter at the station, mourns the loss of independent television in Russia, painting a picture of a previously rich news environment of healthy debate an...