By John Helmer in Moscow Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – chapter 7 – A Mad Tea-Party

by John Helmer - Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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by John Helmer - Monday, July 12th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow In the history of Russia it has never happened before that the oligarchs would take on the military establishment in a tug of war over billion-dollar assets. This couldn’t have happened in the past, because asset power and military strength were the same thing — boyars were warlords. Or else […]

by John Helmer - Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow Fyodor Andreyev was appointed chief executive of Alrosa, the state-owned Russian diamond monopoly and world’s second diamond miner after De Beers, a year ago, after the Kremlin decided to change the diamond concession. Ousted were the chief executive Sergei Vybornov and Otar Marganya, mediator and fixer between the company, the […]

by John Helmer - Sunday, July 11th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow If this wasn’t Russia, the amount of negative scrutiny the Evraz steel group, owned by Roman Abramovich and Alexander Abramov, is getting lately from the federal government would signal that the owners are in trouble with the rulers. Also, if this wasn’t Russia, assurances from stock brokerages calling on investors […]

by John Helmer - Friday, July 9th, 2010
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The Levellers – John Wildman, John Lilburne, William Walwyn, Richard Overton et al., 1645-49

by John Helmer - Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow On July 6, Sergei Generalov, chief executive and controlling shareholder of Far Eastern Shipping Company (Fesco) announced plans to hold a private placement of newly issued shares.

by John Helmer - Thursday, July 8th, 2010
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The Australian foreign ministry, known as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), has released 350 pages of documents in connection with the investigation in Canberra of the attempted attack on John Helmer, which took place on December 28. A total of 178 documents with classifications ranging from CONFIDENTIAL to SECRET SENSITIVE have been […]

by John Helmer - Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow Russia’s fast-expanding shipping mogul, Roman Trotsenko, chief executive of the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has told Fairplay that reports he is about to buy Nordic Yards, or invest in a joint venture, are false. That may be true; or then again, Trotsenko may be bargaining over the purchase price.

by John Helmer - Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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By John Helmer in Moscow Kosh-Agach is a steppe word meaning ‘so long, tree’. It’s the world’s end, the driest and direst place in fareastern Russia at a remote corner where the frontiers of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China meet. It is also the location of a large reserve of rare metals, including cobalt. So rare […]

by John Helmer - Monday, July 5th, 2010
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