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Cameras will be in British courts ‘within five years’ claims former top prosecutor
May 8th, 2014
Cameras could broadcast live from criminal courts in Britain within the next five years, the ex-top prosecutor Keir Starmer has predicted. The former Director of Public Prosecutions said the heightened interest in trials televised abroad such as that of ...
Did Putin Just Blink?
May 8th, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made an art of keeping his detractors off-balance from the start of the crisis in Ukraine. Today, he had even pro-Russian separatists lost for words when he called on them to postpone a May ...
Putin Calls On Ukraine Rebels To Put Off Secession Vote
May 8th, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine to postpone a vote on secession just five days before it was to be held, potentially pulling Ukraine back from the brink of violent dismemberment. It was the first ...
Russia Knows Europe Sanctions Ineffective With Tax Havens
May 5th, 2014
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your assets safe. “You can rely on our legal system!” the ...
A Case of Piketty Fever at the OECD
May 2nd, 2014
The French economist Thomas Piketty has become something of a rock star with his recent book on inequality, and now the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development has embraced his data and ideas in a freshly-issued report. The think ...
BTC/USD Technical Analysis
May 2nd, 2014
Bitcoin this morning failed to close above a key Fibonacci level, resulting in some bears pulling rug from under the bulls’ feet. Will the bulls fight back? Possibly – the weekend will see to that. Let’s take a closer ...
Google warning on Putin’s possible Internet censorship might prove right
April 30th, 2014
Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt warned last year that Russia was “on the path” toward China’s model of Internet censorship. Vladimir Putin is proving him right. With Russia locked in the worst standoff with the U.S. since the Cold ...
Wall Street’s Top Banks To Keep Lower Profile At Russian Investment Meeting Amid Growing Sanctions
April 30th, 2014
Wall Street’s top firms are walking an increasingly fine line between business as usual and growing political pressure to shun Russia for its annexation of Crimea and meddling in Ukraine, believing that their business ties are more important than ...
Russia is preparing its response to additional sanctions by the EU, the U.S. but also Japan
April 29th, 2014
The Japanese government followed the lead of the U.S. and the European Union, or EU, Tuesday by imposing additional sanctions against Russia even as Moscow stated that it has prepared a response to the sanctions and is working on ...
The deep freeze – how are the Russia and Ukraine sanctions affecting offshore law firms?
April 29th, 2014
With the impact of EU and US sanctions on Russia and Ukraine stretching far beyond the individuals targeted, Caroline Thorpe examines the effect on offshore jurisdictions, and how law firms are dealing with the pitfalls and opportunities of this ...
