eek closer ties to the EU and NATO. He has shown little interest in ethnic Rus- sians and other residents in Central Asian states like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, even though they suffer under political conditions that Freedom House ranks as among the least free in the world. The case of Estonia Throughout i

ecution agreement against a company for violating the FCPA.*® In that case, a global manufacturer of steel pipe products violated the FCPA by bribing Uzbekistan govern- ment officials during a bidding process to supply pipelines for transporting oil and natural gas. The company made almost $5 million in profi

s quickly. Even in 1989-90, those countries were the exception and not the rule. Think Ukraine, Belarus, Yugoslavia, Romania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and of course Russia itself. More people live in countries where the 1989-90 revolutionary wave failed to establish secure constitutional democracy t

communications firm Veon Ltd. escaped a proposed class action claiming the company defrauded investors by not disclosing that it had paid bribes in Uzbekistan, with a Manhattan federal judge saying Thursday that the suit had several issues. Read full article » NYC House Heist Ringleader Gets 10 Years In P