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Photo courtesy of The Anti-Corruption Foundation by Alexei NavalnyRussia’s top opposition leader and most popular anti-corruption blogger launched a website Monday that shows alleged conflicts of interest, collusion, and huge cost overruns at the Sochi Winter Olympics.… Continue Reading
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny is back in Moscow campaigning to be mayor after his criminal conviction last week.
Navalny, left, arrived at a train station in Moscow on Saturday, where he thanked supporters and talked about his campaign.… Continue Reading
Alexei Navalny and supporters outside the Moscow Election Commission in June 2013 to file his papers to run for mayor (photo courtesy of Navalny’s blog)Aleksei Navalny, the Russian anti-corruption blogger whose popularity propelled him into the role of opposition leader, was convicted Thursday of embezzlement from a state-owned timber company and sentenced to five years in prison.… Continue Reading
The Anti-Terrorist Department (Department ‘T’) of the Russian Interior Ministry is trying to arrest the American-born head of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, who has conducted a successful global campaign to sanction those involved with the jailing and death of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.… Continue Reading
Photo courtesy of WikipediaRussia’s leading anti-corruption activist is being put on trial for embezzlement — charges he and his supporters say are phony and intended to punish him for exposing government fraud.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of WikipediaWilliam Browder, left, the American-born head of London-based Hermitage Capital Management, told Dutch lawmakers last week about developments in the Magnitsky case and the breakdown of the rule of law in Russia, according to a statement issued by Hermitage.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of WikipediaThe BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — gather for a summit this week in Durbin to talk about how they can reshape global economics.… Continue Reading
Image courtesy of sovietstory.comA powerful Russian lawmaker who heads the Duma’s Anti-Corruption and Security Committee has been hit with allegations that she tried to conceal ownership of an apartment in Moscow worth nearly $3 million.… Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he’ll sign a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children.
The Russian parliament approved the bill Wednesday. It will become law if Putin signs it.… Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Reacting against the Magnitsky Act signed into law by President Obama last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin should ban adoption of Russian babies by Americans.… Continue Reading
Russian anti-graft campaigner and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, left, and his brother Oleg face up to ten years in prison following charges Friday that they stole $1.8 million from a business through phony shipping charges.… Continue Reading
Anatoly Serdyukov (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has been fired by President Vladimir Putin. The announcement follows a criminal probe into alleged fraud in selling the country’s military assets.… Continue Reading
