http://russian-untouchables.com/eng - Mon, 21 May 2012 18:15:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/court-upholds-posthumous-investigation-against-magnitsky/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/court-upholds-posthumous-investigation-against-magnitsky/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:15:00 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6321 ITAR TASS. The Moscow City Court on Monday, May 21, upheld the decision to resume the investigation of Hermitage Capital Management auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with tax evasion and who died in an investigation prison.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/court-upholds-posthumous-investigation-against-magnitsky/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/moscow-warns-west-against-interfering-in-magnitsky-case/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/moscow-warns-west-against-interfering-in-magnitsky-case/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:12:45 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6319 RIA Novosti. Russia considers it unacceptable for other countries to interfere in its domestic court trial over the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky charged with tax evasion, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/moscow-warns-west-against-interfering-in-magnitsky-case/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/senator-cardin-interview-for-voa/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/senator-cardin-interview-for-voa/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:11:58 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6316 Voice of America. In his interview to VOA's Victoria Kupchinetsky, Senator Cardin talks about "Magnitsky list", shares what he would tell Vladimir Putin if he had a chance to sit down with him. ]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/senator-cardin-interview-for-voa/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/get-tougher-with-vladimir-putin/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/get-tougher-with-vladimir-putin/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:07:27 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6314 Boston Globe. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to forego the G8 summit this weekend at Camp David is a noteworthy snub that merits a stiff response. Putin’s absence has engendered a lot of heated speculation.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/get-tougher-with-vladimir-putin/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/the-myth-of-a-u-s-russia-strategic-partnership/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/the-myth-of-a-u-s-russia-strategic-partnership/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:27 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6312 Wall Street Journal. After four years of Dmitry Medvedev keeping the czar's throne warm, Vladimir Putin is once again Russia's president. There were no public celebrations to accompany Mr. Putin's inauguration on May 7. ]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/the-myth-of-a-u-s-russia-strategic-partnership/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/in-this-russian-trial-the-defendant-is-a-dead-man/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/in-this-russian-trial-the-defendant-is-a-dead-man/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:40:00 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6307 NPR. The Russian government is about to put a dead man on trial. Sergei Magnitsky was a tax lawyer for the investment fund Hermitage Capital, at one time the largest foreign investment firm in Russia.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/in-this-russian-trial-the-defendant-is-a-dead-man/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/it-is-not-time-to-normalize-trade-relations-with-russia/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/it-is-not-time-to-normalize-trade-relations-with-russia/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:37:07 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6305 Deseret News. The Obama administration should "go slow" on normalizing trade relations with Russia until Moscow shows it's serious about curbing human rights abuses.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/it-is-not-time-to-normalize-trade-relations-with-russia/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/peter-westin-launches-in-from-the-cold-the-rise-of-russian-capitalism/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/peter-westin-launches-in-from-the-cold-the-rise-of-russian-capitalism/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:44:22 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6303 BSR Russia. Russia's transformation from central planning to a market-based economy over the past 20 years must rank as one of the biggest economic stories of our time, according to a new book on the rise of Russian capitalism. launched in London by its editor, Peter Westin, Chief Equity Strategist and Economist for ATON, Russia's oldest independent investment group. ]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/peter-westin-launches-in-from-the-cold-the-rise-of-russian-capitalism/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/presidential-human-rights-council-dissatisfied-with-magnitsky-case-investigation/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/presidential-human-rights-council-dissatisfied-with-magnitsky-case-investigation/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:34:57 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6301 Interfax. The Presidential Human Rights Council is dissatisfied with the tempo of the investigation into the death of Hermitage Capital attorney Sergei Magnitsky at a Moscow detention ward.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/presidential-human-rights-council-dissatisfied-with-magnitsky-case-investigation/feed/ 0 http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/president-obama-must-stand-up-for-russias-dissidents/ http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/president-obama-must-stand-up-for-russias-dissidents/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:11:11 +0000 masa http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/?p=6299 Daily Telegraph. A network of student presidents from universities around the world, College-100 (or C-100), has done a sterling job of exposing corruption in Russia, producing the video below about the case of Sergei Magnitsky.]]> http://russian-untouchables.com/eng/2012/05/president-obama-must-stand-up-for-russias-dissidents/feed/ 0