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Robert Amsterdam has the most thorough command of his subjects of any lecturer I have ever the heard and as a frequent attendee at Washington, DC's creme de la creme of think tanks, do let me assure you I know of what I speak when I say Mr. Amsterdam has few equals.
But do please keep in mind that the public persona of Mikhael Khodorkovsky has been subject to reinvention. On this issue I also know of what I speak. In the early 1990s he was one of Yeltsin's Golden Boys and one George Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton's "Kids" --young reformers. We counted on him to build offshore war chests to keep the gold out of the control of the communist party. He succeeded too well. Hence Vladimir Putin's revenge.
But do please keep in mind that the public persona of Mikhael Khodorkovsky has been subject to reinvention. On this issue I also know of what I speak. In the early 1990s he was one of Yeltsin's Golden Boys and one George Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton's "Kids" --young reformers. We counted on him to build offshore war chests to keep the gold out of the control of the communist party. He succeeded too well. Hence Vladimir Putin's revenge.
A wonderful, very rare opportunity to hear Amsterdam in person. It would be safe to say that he's currently the highest profile western human rights crusader against Putin's St. Petersburg clan.
His personal connections with people like Khodorkovsky, Politkovskaya and other figures (both alive and assiasinated) always make for a unique and insightful lecture.
Thanks to the CEEC and Tartu College for offering this amazing opportunity!
His personal connections with people like Khodorkovsky, Politkovskaya and other figures (both alive and assiasinated) always make for a unique and insightful lecture.
Thanks to the CEEC and Tartu College for offering this amazing opportunity!
Don't forget to ask Amsterdam where Khodorkovsky's money came, i.e.who funded him, so that that he was able to be a Yeltsin-time 'oligarch'.
These are the interests that Amsterdam represents !
These are the interests that Amsterdam represents !
Good question!
I don't see a time mentioned. A time would be helpful.
7pm this Tuesday. Free admission.
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