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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.

News analysis

Size matters

Whether federal subjects should be bigger

Difficult justice
Road to justice is long, tedious, and expensive.
Nov 27th, 2009
Back to the USSR
Russia is moving towards more centralised economy.
Nov 26th, 2009
The question not to ask
Russia to decide on death penalty.
Oct 30th, 2009

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THERE IS NO ANOTHER JUDICIARY
How establish social control over the judiciary, but not suffocate it by depriving it of independence
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The production and trade of vodka may be nationalised.

President Dmitry Medvedev has asked the prime-minister, Vladimir Putin, ‘to evaluate the existence of necessary conditions’ and ‘determine the possible time’ for the introduction of a state monopoly on alcohol.

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