Word: russianizing
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...argumentation has been equally dense in the courtroom next door, where Deripaska, who bought out Abramovich's shares in Rusal in 2003, is appealing an earlier ruling that another Russian-born tycoon, Michael Cherney, can sue him in English courts. (See pictures of Russia celebrating Victory...
...have been reached. But the original decision to allow the case to proceed in Britain was made on the basis that Cherney's life and freedom could be at risk in Russia and he might not get a fair trial there. The ruling, effectively implying that the Russian court system could not be trusted, has done little to help thaw glacial diplomatic relations between Moscow and London. Still, it signaled another reason why British law firms are finding no shortage of high-profile Russian clients...
...table is Berezovsky. Apart from his suit against Abramovich and tangential involvement in Cherney's spat with Deripaska, he has filed a lawsuit against Russian metals magnate Vasily Anisimov and his company Coalco for a stake Berezovsky says he owns in Coalco subsidiary Metalloinvest. In addition, Berezovsky's lawyers have lodged a statement with the court denying that commission is owed on a luxury yacht he just sold. And the tycoon is currently suing a Moscow-based television company for libel. Then there's the matter of his divorce from his wife Galina, which is currently being negotiated...
...touched down in Moscow earlier this month, there was little fanfare to mark his arrival. But when Vice President Joe Biden visited the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, two days ago, the road from the airport was crowded with people waving U.S. and Georgian flags. The welcome was so warm that Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta wondered if the Georgian government might rename a square after Biden - just as it had named a road "President George W. Bush" after the former President's visit to the country...
...traditional backyard. So when, on the eve of Biden's visit, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili reportedly said he was negotiating a new arms deal with the U.S., Moscow grumbled. "We will continue to prevent the rearming of Saakashvili's regime and will take concrete measures against this," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. "We have deep worries regarding the activity of the Georgian leadership over remilitarizing its country, which several states are responding to in a surprisingly calm and positive...