Russian people, society, and law

Vanity fair
On self-irony, lawyers, and value of discussion

Hansel and Gretel, paedophiles, and law

The state tends to take a simplistic approach to complicated problems

Organised for crime

The cause of crime is the organisation of Russian society: its structure and response to crime.

Sometimes they fight

Our people are our most valued asset, they used to say; workforce must be optimized, they say now.

That special deal

The plea bargain, an agreement between the prosecutor and the defendant, has been brought into Russian law.

Better a good specialist with poor English than the other way around

These interviews are about 'human factor' in Russian business, those little somethings outside the scope of law which can dramatically change the way business is done in or with Russia.

Don't play Russian roulette with law

It is quite a trivial observation that the law is the principal instrument of social regulation in Western society. Russians seem to have a different view.
Auditors refuse to unwrap but win

The Supreme Arbitrazhniy (Commercial) Court decided in favour of PWC. This might seem like another tax avoidance case, but a closer look suggests a more complicated picture.
Disillusion is a virtue

'Corruption,' said Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister, 'is not a disease that can be cured by pills', and clearly this package is by no means the cure.