Tag Archives: Russia
Perception of PAYING bribes — some countries are consistent. Some are not.
Transparency International has their latest list out of bribe-paying countries. (BRIBE PAYERS INDEX REPORT 2011) And, as always, it is illuminating. The United States was ranked in 10th place — despite Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – as a country whose businesses are … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, Corruption, Story Ideas
Difficult places for visitors to get into
Budget Travel published a list of the 8 Most Complicated Countries to Visit For anyone who pays attention to international travel, the list is no big surprise: India Russia China Brazil Bhutan Iran Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia From my view, some cause … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, Story Ideas
Global business rankings and why it matters locally
The World Bank came out with its annual Doing Business report. Basically the report identifies key issues vital to doing business in a country. Doing Business measures and tracks changes in the regulations applying to domestic companies in 11 areas … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, International News Coverage, Story Ideas
Pakistan agency involved in journalist’s killing. But what about the rest of the world?
The New York Times ran a piece yesterday that the Obama Administration now believes that Pakistan’s spy agency ordered the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad, May 29 because of his scathing reports about the infiltration of militants in the military. Pakistan’s Spies … Continue reading
Filed under Connections, Harassment, International News Coverage
Russia, corruption and press freedom
It is all well and good that Russia signed on with the OECD anti-bribery accord. But, as has been shown over and over, a government’s commitment to anti-corruption is almost directly related to the independence and freedom the news media … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Corruption
