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...government has to control all the money that's brought into the country," Judge Igor Yakovlev said in his verdict. "Because Okhotin was trying to hide the money, his actions were against the economic interests of the Russian Federation...
...Deripaska had illegally acquired assets in a major insurance company. Deripaska denies any wrongdoing. This is a separate and complex case, but the fact that Deripaska is related by marriage to the Yeltsin family added to the mood of factionalism run amok. Two key Kremlin officials, Viktor Ivanov and Igor Sechin, have been repeatedly singled out in the Russian press as playing a crucial role in the Khodorkovsky affair. Many observers feel they are a cover for Putin himself. "I don't see these folks as independent actors," says Michael McFaul, a professor at Stanford University and specialist in Russian...
...Villepin's statements, which were echoed by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, may have been just as significant for the four-letter word they pointedly avoided: veto. France and Russia could veto the second resolution if Washington strong-arms enough yes votes out of the six countries sitting on the fence, but the U.S. believes France and Russia can be stared down. Russia, in particular, is under intense U.S. pressure to keep its veto in its pocket. U.S. diplomats are trying to peel Russia away and isolate Paris, daring the French to veto the U.S. resolution on their...
...days for 24 lawsuits," Lyudmila Trunova said bitterly as she walked out of the Tverskoi district court in Moscow last week. Nobody was very surprised when Judge Marina Gorbacheva - brusquely and without explanation - rejected three and deferred 21 suits against the city of Moscow brought by Lyudmila's husband, Igor, on behalf of victims and families involved in last October's Chechen hostage crisis. "Everything is clear now," Igor said. "The other complaints will also be struck down." Trunov argued that, under Russian antiterror law, the city should compensate his 61 clients for the three-day siege of a Moscow...
...government paid victims $3,000 in compensation, but that won't cover the expensive treatments these people will need, according to this doctor. "They were never told, and still don't realize, how badly their health is ruined," he says. One group of victims, represented by Moscow lawyer Igor Trunov, is suing the city of Moscow for $7.5 million, claiming health damages or compensation for the loss of the sole provider in the family. Others, like Frolova, are also planning to sue. But under Russian law, terror victims are only permitted to sue the local government, while...