Ponomarev, once a liberal parliamentarian, has likened himself to Charles de Gaulle. Exiled in Ukraine since 2016, Ponomarev is the political head of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a volunteer militia thought to include about 1,600 Russian dissidents and defectors using pinprick tactics to aggravate Russian troops with the aim of one day marching on Moscow. “Average Russians don’t know …
And now we are back full circle, to FRL and RRVL’s statements about how the deal will proceed. FRL said it expected to continue with the deal “unhindered” and that the Emergency Arbitrator’s order would have to be tested in terms of jurisdiction and legality. FRL’s main argument against Amazon’s arbitration proceedings is this latter point, that FRL itself was …
