Leonid Nevzlin, Yukos Shareholders, Plan Seizure of Russia’s Overseas Assets

The Russian government missed the January 15 deadline for paying $50 billion to the shareholders of defunct oil company Yukos that was awarded in what has been called the largest commercial lawsuit in history, More...

Ukraine Debt ‘Haircut’ Looms amid Hard Currency Woes

The depletion of Ukraine’s hard currency reserves to just enough to cover five weeks of imports is threatening big government debt writedowns, rather than mere maturity extensions, being needed to More...