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Maxim Trudolyubov

Maxim Trudolyubov, a 2011 Nieman Fellow, is editorial page editor of Vedomosti, a Russian business daily.

Russian Journalists Need Help in Exposing Corruption

‘While journalists and bloggers in Russia risk their lives to reveal corrupt practices, there are ways that those living in free and lawful societies can aid their efforts.’
April 20, 2011

Kickbacks: The Margin Is Growing

RELATED ARTICLE“Russian Journalists Need Help in Exposing Corruption”– Alexei Navalny and Maxim TrudolyubovThe primary mechanism of big-time corruption is known as raspil, which translated literally means “sawing”—or siphoning away funds…
April 20, 2011

Costs That Investors Seem Willing to Ignore

In 2001 free speech advocates demonstrated in Germany against Gazprom, a major Russian energy concern, when it took over a Russian TV company. Gazprom is partly owned by a German…
March 11, 2011