Part 1. The Transaction I met Marina Marlenovna, director of an auditing company intriguingly named Narnia, at the Sverdlovsk Province Arbitration Court, during a recess. I told her, “Your statement sounded like an Italian opera aria – I...

In July, the State Duma is to consider in the first reading the last initiative by the second Russian President. This comes out of the decision by the Duma Council of 13 May. The draft of the federal law and the explanatory note attached...

The Constitutional Court will move on 1 April (it’s not a joke for the All Fools Day!) from Moscow to St Petersburg. It is likely that by the end of April it will have made its decision on one of the most ridiculous criminal prosecutions,...

The struggle for transfer of the ill person to the hospital ended in half-hearted victory by the mercy. And yet it was a victory. The struggle was between the Russian and international community on one side, and the law enforcement bodies...

Since my last trip to Kiev 20 years ago I had grown enough not to have an opinion just about everything; so I hadn’t any opinion about what is happening in Ukraine today. It’s clear that Novaya Gazeta writes about Ukrainian problems too...

First, the Clown brought this story to a glam magazine. He wanted to make a present to his nice and clever wife. She is a model, and it could be useful for her career. Editorial staff listened to him and said that was a cool story. “We are...