By John Helmer in Moscow In the business of boxing, a pugilist’s hands are not only his stock in trade, but weapons as potentially lethal for him to wield as a pistol is for a stickup man. If a boxer uses his fists outside the ring, he may have difficulty proving self-defence, while his adversary […]

by John Helmer - Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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The Bank of Moscow disclosed today, without comment, that in obtaining court orders in Moscow and Novosibirsk to seize Vadim Varshavsky’s salary and Moscow apartments, it has also obtained legal sanction for “the restriction of V.E.Varshavsky’s departure from the Russian Federation.”

by John Helmer - Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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By John Helmer in Moscow Vadim Varshavsky, the owner of the bankrupt Estar group of midsize, specialty steel mills, has been hit with court bankruptcy orders in Moscow and Novosibirsk to sequestrate half of his salary as a member of parliament, and at least two apartment residences he maintains in Moscow. The orders by the […]

by John Helmer - Monday, November 9th, 2009
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We interrupt this news bulletin to bring you a broadcast from Captain Obvious on location live above the Kremlin

by John Helmer - Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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By John Helmer in Moscow Ronald Knox’s “ten commandments” that summarize all stories in the detective genre were published in 1929. Here they are: 1. The criminal must be mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to know. 2. All supernatural or […]

by John Helmer - Friday, November 6th, 2009
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by John Helmer - Friday, November 6th, 2009
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by John Helmer - Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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By John Helmer in Moscow There is no evidence currently available that Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has anything like the hot-line to God which enabled Noah of biblical fame to master the surge of the Black Sea, and with the help of the birdie — the first spy satellite on record – to make […]

by John Helmer - Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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The bad old days – 1917

by John Helmer - Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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By John Helmer in Moscow High River Gold (HRG:CN) is being prepared for a sale, along with other goldmine assets of the Severstal Resources group belonging to Alexei Mordashov, to a Chinese buyer. At least, that is what Moscow sources report as the rationale behind a proposed swap of equity for loan, announced by HRG […]

by John Helmer - Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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