John Helmer: Journalist or Oligarchs’ PR Man?

Has John Helmer stayed too long in Russia? So long that he has adopted the country’s journalistic practices? Observers may wonder… John Helmer is an Australian journalist and blogger who has been covering Russian business and living in Moscow for over thirty years. His...

John Helmer : the death tsar of Russian business PR

“The force is strong with him”, and he has clearly chosen the dark side. Controversy and criticism are two key elements of John Helmer’s investigative work. Helmer, 64, is the most feared and ferocious business blogger in Russia. Every post he writes is a lethal bullet...

Yukos case: Robert Amsterdam's failed strategy

As the trial of fallen oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky begins anew in Russia, one name in particular keeps on surfacing again and again in its media coverage: Robert Amsterdam. Yet Amsterdam is not, contrary to what is often relayed in the media, Khodorkovsky’s lead lawyer in...