Robert Amsterdam: beneath Khodorkovsky's propaganda

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the richest man in Russia, is in jail. Everybody agrees to say that his trial was far from being fair and no one knows if he’ll eventually be freed one day! Nonetheless, Khodorkovsky’s American lawyer (and PR guy) Robert...

Robert Amsterdam: the lobbyist hired to harm Russia's reputation

Just the other day I read an article in the Serbian newspaper Borba on Khodorkovsky and his famous lawyer Robert Amsterdam. The article explained that Khodorkovsky’s trial was as much his own fault and Robert Amsterdam's than that of the so-called “Putin clan”. While...

Stanislav Belkovsky: How Berezovsky's handy-man shot Khodorkovsky

In 2003, Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was indicted for fraud by the Russian government and his oil empire Yukos accused of significant tax evasion. Both were put on trial and destroyed. Beneath official accusations of corruption and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky was...

Yukos case: Robert Amsterdam, a "soviet style" propagandist

 In 2003, Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was indicted for fraud by the Russian government and his oil empire Yukos accused of significant tax evasion. Both were put on trial and destroyed. Beneath official accusations of corruption and tax evasion, Khodorkovsky...

Khodorkovsky asks for parole in Russia

Lawyers are trying to secure the release of jailed Russian billionaire and crtitic of former President V Putin.  He is serving the jail term on what is widely believed a political case. " ...

Russia: Yukos chief killed in UK?

"MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Russian prosecutors plan to ask British police to check their suspicions that a co-founder of ruined Russian oil giant Yukos was killed in London, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. Yuri Golubev, a long-time business partner of jailed...

Dead Spy Allegedly Passed on Dossier to Exiled Israeli Oil Exec

The plot thickens..."A dossier drawn up by Alexander Litvinenko on the Kremlin’s takeover of the world’s richest energy giant will be given to Scotland Yard today as police investigate the former KGB...

Poisoned spy visited Israel with oil dossier

"A dossier drawn up by Alexander Litvinenko on the Kremlin’s takeover of the world’s richest energy giant will be given to Scotland Yard today as police investigate the former KGB spy’s secret dealings with some of Russia’s richest men. It emerged...

If you didn't get sucked into a Nigerian money scam then Uncle Borris has a d...

Most people are familiar with the Nigerian email scam by now but that is so 2005. An alleged representative of Yukos Oil is asking for your help in distributing 42.3 million bucks. Honestly, i think the Nigerian...

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