Today Robert Amsterdam had the following opinion article published in the Washington Post. To read more about the Russia-Venezuela relationship, click here, here, and here. To read more about Eligio Cedeño, click here. Partners In Crim...
I was surprised to read so many government voices rallying on the side of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova in this report from the Press Association. The article says that lawmakers in the State Duma ‘voted unanimously to dema...
A document called the Golden 1,000 is drawing attention to the failings of the Kremlin’s traditional recruitment procedure. Apparently suffering from a lack of competent personnel thanks to years of good old-fashioned nepotism, the Kre...
TODAY: Markelov murder decried by Duma; Novaya Gazeta wants firearms for its journalists; Bakhmina case opened to possible early release; United Russia to rally public; OSCE confident of Russia deal; Lenin protesters detained.Members of the Duma, ...
Today Robert Amsterdam gave an interview on Echo Moskvy about the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov. Below is a small excerpt adapted from his on-air comments. “Russia’s vertical of power does not bring law and order. Rather, i...
If you know you can’t do it – promise you will anyway… Grigory Pasko, journalist Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. The January Russian newspapers and websites are full of headlines: «...
TODAY: Russia sees NATO as test for Obama; gas supplies to Europe resume; Duma reading freedom of information bill; fighter jets transported to Lebanon; tributes to Stanislav Markelov.The Kremlin says that it considers the US position on NATO memb...
The Boston Globe makes it clear that the coexistence of regular political murders and the regularity of a rule of law state is not possible. Markelov had received death threats because of his efforts to keep the murderer of the strangled Chechen w...
Right now in Washington, dozen of galas are convening to raise a celebratory toast to a new era. The champagne was also likely flowing in Moscow at more than one dinner table, however marking a far different type of outcome. This excer...
Oleg Kozlovsky, occasional contributor to this blog, has posted an extensive list of all the political murders in Russia. However before he could finish writing his article, he was notified that the opposition activist Anton Stradymov, who w...
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