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Michael Calvey creyó en Rusia durante décadas mientras invertía en tecnológicas, consumo... y aunque lo encarcelaron en 2019 la sorpresa se la ha llevado con una guerra que puede acabar con él
Podcast: The Week Ahead In Russia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
On this week's show, Steve Gutterman discusses two prominent cases in which the accused is under house arrest in Moscow. Why did the Russian authorities choose this form of pretrial detention for American financier Michael Calvey and Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, and what's in store for them?
— Russia’s flagship economic conference, kicking off in St. Petersburg on Thursday, has been overshadowed by the detention of U.S. investor Michael Calvey. We speak with Ann Simmons of the Wall Street Journal about what Russia is doing to shore up its image and find new trading partners. — HBO’s roaring hit Chernobyl has sparked some uncomfortable conversations in Russia. We talk to writer Michael Idov about why the show has struck a chord in the U.S. and a nerve in Russia
Kevin's guest today is well known in Russia to Echo of Moscow listeners and readers, and English speakers might know her as a contributing writer at The American Interest, where some of her latest articles address Russia's captured Ukrainian sailors, the arrest of American investor Michael Calvey in Moscow, and a whole lot more. Please welcome to The Russia Guy Karina Orlova.In this interview, Orlova talks about how Russia's corrupt legal system drove her to journalism. She describes her life as a Russian journalist living in Washington, D.C., and argues at length how the Republic Party is a threat to American democracy. She also explains how she manages to write about insider Russian politics from thousands of miles away.Read her work at The American Interest:https://www.the-american-interest.com/v/karina-orlova/“A Show Trial, and The Death of Putin”https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/02/04/a-show-trial-and-the-death-of-putin/“The Futile Search for a Russian Ideology”https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/02/14/the-futile-search-for-a-russian-ideology/Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)
In this episode of Russian Roulette, Jeff sits down with William Pomeranz, Deputy Director of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute and author of Law and the Russian State: Russia's Legal Evolution from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin (Bloomsbury, 2018). They discuss the evolution of law in Russia, the role of state power in the Russian legal tradition, the criminalization of commercial disputes, including the recent Michael Calvey case, Russia’s succession question and its legal ramifications, and much, much more. We sincerely recommend Will’s book, available for purchase, here, https://www.amazon.com/Law-Russian-State-Evolution-Bloomsbury/dp/1474224229, or for order from your local bookstore. You can view Will’s bio and read more about his other projects, here: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/william-e-pomeranz We want more mail! If you would like to have your question answered on the podcast, send it to us! Email rep@csis.org and put “Russian Roulette” in the subject line. And, if you have one, include your Twitter handle, so we can notify you publicly when we answer your question (or, if you don’t want us to, tell us that). We look forward to hearing from you.
Michael Calvey, a US citizen and one of Russia's most prominent foreign investors, has been detained in Moscow in connection with a fraud investigation in a case that has shocked the business community. Neil Buckley spoke to Max Seddon in Moscow about the case.Contributors: Naomi Rovnick, FTLive reporter, Neil Buckley, former East Europe editor, and Max Seddon, Moscow correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on From Russia With News, Financial Times Bureau Chief Henry Foy joins us in the studio to talk about the arrest of Michael Calvey, the U.S. founder of Baring Vostok, Russia’s biggest independent private equity firm. We'll also talk with Coda journalist Simon Ostrovsky to discuss the new Duma law that bans Russian soldiers from taking selfies or sharing information online. In 2015, Ostrovsky tracked Russian soldiers in Ukraine using data pulled from their social media accounts in a now-famous documentary for Vice News.
On today's show, Dan talks about the arrest of Michael Calvey, American founder of a Russian-focused private equity firm with Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital. In the "Final Two", Dan dives into why 16,000 shoe store workers are losing their jobs and the new role of technology in the 2020 campaign.
This episode's guest is Aaron Schwartzbaum, the founder of BMB Russia, an indispensable daily newsletter about Russian political economy. We discussed two recent scandals in Russian political economy: (1) Rosstat's claim that Russia's GDP growth in 2018 was the biggest in the past six years, and (2) the arrest of American investment manager Michael Calvey, who was jailed on Saturday, February 16, for allegedly stealing about 37 million dollars.Follow Aaron on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/aaron_schwaSubscribe the BMB Russia here:https://bearmarketbrief.com/Follow Nick Trickett, BMB Russia's chief editor, on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/ntrickett16Support this very podcast here:www.patreon.com/kevinrothrockMusic:Ну погоди, episode 14, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHd3sxpEbo&t=7sОлег Анофриев, Бременские музыканты, “Говорят, мы бяки-буки,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-3wC7gkMDQSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)