By now you have probably read the news that the U.S. Justice Department has announced the arrests of ten individuals charged with spying on behalf of the Russian Federation, following the interception of messages instructing them to “search ...
Blogging at Foreign Policy, Preeti Aroon points to this recent quote by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a recent civil society conference: In one of my early discussions with Minister Lavrov, he said, ‘Well, you know, we don’t li...
The recently published report by Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov presents heaps of evidence showing that over the time of Vladimir Putin’s rule corruption has sharply increased, while the life expectancy of average Russian citizens has fall...
This week President Dmitry Medvedev received perhaps the warmest welcome in recent memory of a Russian head of state during his visit to California and Washington DC . This warmth, fraternity, and sudden seemingly naïve trust placed into the relat...
I am not sure if James posted this latest Hermitage video up yet, but I will go ahead even though it’s been up for a couple of days now. It’s a very powerful and clearly communicated appeal for answers on the murder of Magnitsky ...
Right now the president of the Russian Federation is probably wrapping up his comments to the American Chamber of Commerce, where he has spent the day at various roundtables meeting the business elite. Hopefully at least some of them suggest...
I can’t say that I am entirely surprised that Russian prosecutors have finally dropped their case against Yukos lawyer Vasily Aleksanyan after the legal expiration of limitations. Nor do I think it is debatable that this was a gesture ...
Jamison Firestone, a corporate lawyer at Firestone Duncan (the law firm of Sergei Magnitsky), has a new article in the Mercury News of Silicon Valley about the risks of investing in lawless Russia. Firestone has been interviewed on this blog...
Say what you will about Lilia Shevtsova, but she knows how to get good quote. From Peter Baker in the New York Times. “Western capital helps to support the status quo,” said Lilia Shevtsova, an analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Cent...
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