Owners Battle for TV Station
By Denys Bigus, Natalie Sedletska, Kyrylo Loukerenko and Lyubomyr Ferens A new team has abruptly taken over...
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Gazprom
Russia: No Changes to Controversial Gas Contract With Ukraine
Russia will not change its controversial gas contract with Ukraine, the head of Russia’s state gas company Gazprom...
Russia: Kremlin Closely Linked to Gazprom Stock Deal
The family of Russia’s first deputy prime minister bought almost US$18 million worth of Gazprom shares through an...
Russia: Authorities Investigate US$3.3 billion in Illegal Transfers
The Russian Interior Ministry is investigating several commercial banks for illegally transferring around US$3.3...
Money Laundering Cost Russia over $33 Billion in 2011
More than one trillion rubles (US$33.2 billion) left the Russian economy in 2011 as a result of money laundering,...
Russia: Tensions and Corruption
Yaponchik (“the little Japanese”), a Russian gangster, reportedly died Friday, months after a sniper shot him...
In Russia, criminal prosecution is a tool of the powerful against their enemies
“For my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law.” - former Peruvian President Oscar R. Benavides