Russia

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 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...
April 20, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 20, 2011

TODAY: Khimki Forest activists arrested; Moscow wages draw migrants; BBC unveils poor treatment of asylum seekers; negative reports emerging from military volunteers, ‘hazing’ driven by racism; corruption bill passes second reading; Pu...
April 20, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 20, 2011

TODAY: Khimki Forest activists arrested; Moscow wages draw migrants; BBC unveils poor treatment of asylum seekers; negative reports emerging from military volunteers, ‘hazing’ driven by racism; corruption bill passes second reading; Pu...
April 19, 2011

Today in Russian Business – April 19, 2011

Under a tribunal ruling, Rosneft will be forced to provide information on its 2009 board meetings to the activist blogger Alexei Navalny, who is also one of the company’s minority shareholders.  The Skolkovo business center is a central...
April 19, 2011

Today in Russian Business – April 19, 2011

Under a tribunal ruling, Rosneft will be forced to provide information on its 2009 board meetings to the activist blogger Alexei Navalny, who is also one of the company’s minority shareholders.  The Skolkovo business center is a central...
April 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 19, 2011

TODAY: Zyuganov will run for President; no one paying attention to tandem rows?  Medvedev goes after drugs issues; protesters wait for Kremlin aides in Irkutsk; Stepanova details released by Browder; drop in reported tax crimes; anti-immigrat...
April 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 19, 2011

TODAY: Zyuganov will run for President; no one paying attention to tandem rows?  Medvedev goes after drugs issues; protesters wait for Kremlin aides in Irkutsk; Stepanova details released by Browder; drop in reported tax crimes; anti-immigrat...