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Vladimir Berezansky, Jr.
Financial analyst

Vladimir Berezansky, Jr. is an American attorney of Russian heritage. Born in New York City, he attained his bachelor’s degree at Columbia University. Following a year’s studies as an exchange student on the linguistics faculty at Leningrad State University, Vladimir received his Juris Doctorate at American University (Washington College of Law) and qualified as a practicing attorney with the Washington, DC Bar. Vladimir has worked for more than fifteen years in Russia and other CIS and Baltic republics.
In the 1990’s he worked with several major international law firms in Vladivostok, Almaty (Kazakhstan) and in Moscow. From 2002 – 2004, he was Director, International Law & Compliance for the MDM Financial Group, following which he worked at the Cyprus headquarters of a major Russian industrial holding. His primary areas of expertise include due diligence (on Russian legal entities), corporate governance and compliance.

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10.12.2011, 21:15
Safety-Valve Opposition Event
It is frequently asserted that the Arab Spring is in large part a conflict between the television generation and the Internet generation.
17.08.2011, 18:45
Twenty Years, Seventy-Five Years
Christians of most mainstream traditions enter Holy Week feeling the weight of the original events bearing down on them.
26.04.2011, 20:30
State Orthodoxy Triumphant
Another Easter has come and gone. Several days before the Paschal weekend Moscow’s weather suddenly turned for the better, making it an even more pleasant experience.
14.03.2011, 20:15
Libya and Japan
Two extremely different continents. Two wildly divergent tragedies.
22.02.2011, 9:00
An Oasis of Calm
Several months ago I resolved to keep a longstanding promise to myself to visit Beirut.
19.12.2010, 12:15
Creating One’s Own Reality
‘Jesus! You've started to believe the things they say of you.
You really do believe this talk of God is true.’ Judas, from ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’
22.09.2010, 7:00
The Threat of Change
The often quoted (but disputed, by linguists) Chinese hieroglyphic formula for the word ‘crisis’ arguably offers a revealing peek into the Chinese psyche.
05.07.2010, 16:30
Espionage Nostalgia
History repeats itself, first as tragedy then as farce.
13.04.2010, 11:00
Bitter Ironies at Katyn
Slavs take their ironies as bitter as possible.
01.04.2010, 11:00
A By-Stander to Brutality
Monday, 29th March 2010, was an auspicious day even before the bombs exploded.  On this day, both Western and Eastern Christians entered Holy Week together.  And Jews prepared to celebrate their first Seder at sunset.  Two of the world’s three major monotheisms were preparing for their holiest feast.
16.03.2010, 10:00
Glasnost in Hindsight
The “Add to dictionary” function of my Microsoft spell-check still refuses to enter my unusual surname without comment; but the auto-correct function does not question my use (in written English) of the words “glasnost” and “perestroika”.
09.02.2010, 10:00
Ukraine’s Obama
No, I am not suggesting a cynical joke.
10.12.2009, 10:00
Terrorism and Corruption
On 27 November 2009, a bomb exploded on a luxury Russian train making its regular run between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
26.11.2009, 10:00
Two Tragedies
On Monday, 16 November 2009 Sergei Magnitsky died while in custody in a Moscow prison.
22.07.2009, 11:00
Etatism in Context
Bloomberg News recently quoted White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers as saying: “Prudent financial institutions will recognize that the profits they’re enjoying are in part a reflection of the commitment government and the broader society have made to the financial system that has enabled them to enjoy those profits.” In case you missed it, that was a thinly veiled threat: Prime the pump, or else.
10.07.2009, 11:00
Differences Beneath the Skin
“I hear you. I may not agree with you, but I do hear you.”
22.06.2009, 11:00
Nous sommes tous des Iraniens!
In many ways Iranians are like Russians.
11.05.2009, 11:00
Put-vedev
Recently, the international commentariat has focused on two arbitrary milestones: US President Obama's first 100 days, and Dmitry Medvedev's first year as Russia's president.
14.04.2009, 11:00
My Russian Easter Dilemma
Even if not of a religious bent, I’ve noticed that people tend to enjoy the ambience of Russian churches.
03.03.2009, 10:00
Where is the Synthesis?
Columbia University, my alma mater, is a “Great Books” school.
10.02.2009, 10:00
A Patriarch with Teeth
On Sunday evening, 8 February 2009, Russia’s second national channel, RTR, broadcast an interview with the newly enthroned Russian Patriarch Kyrill I.
02.02.2009, 10:00
Davos Overdrive
They came. They stressed. They left.
14.01.2009, 10:00
No Regrets
Americans are by nature an optimistic and forward-looking people.
17.12.2008, 10:00
Righteous Wrath
Last Sunday, US President Bush made an unexpected (unannounced) trip to Iraq.
24.11.2008, 10:00
Interesting Times
Do the times make the man, or does the man make the time?
07.11.2008, 10:00
Proud to Lose
In my university years I sang in several professional choirs and symphonic choruses.
20.10.2008, 11:00
Slouching toward Globalization
One of the most important – and undervalued, in the West – Russian novels is Goncharov’s Oblomov.
09.10.2008, 11:00
US Secretary Rice: Defining her Legacy by Deflecting Attention
On Thursday, 18th September, America’s outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mounted the podium of world attention to offer an undiplomatic diatribe qua warning aimed at the Kremlin.