Transcript of “A Panel on Putin’s Latest Maneuvers and the Decline of Russia’s Business”

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We are pleased to provide the transcript of the panel discussion from: A Panel on Putin’s Latest Maneuvers and the Decline of Russia’s Business.

This event took place on February 21, 2013 at the University of Houston Law Center and featured Pavel Khodorkovskiy, President of the Institute of Modern Russia and son of Mikhail Khodorkovskiy; Bruce Misamore, former CFO of the Yukos oil company; and James Skelton, International Lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center.

To read the panel discussion transcript, please click here.

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