Spectre of war with Georgia threatens Putin's Olympics
Tensions over South Ossetia threaten Russia's 2014 Winter OlympicsFirst Posted August 8, 2008
has written for the Financial Times, The Times, New Statesman, Evening Standard and other publications. He worked for Global Insight, the economic forecaster and as a commercial consultant on Russia. He has travelled extensively in the former Soviet Union and lived in Odessa. He speaks fluent Russian and has commented on Russian affairs on CNN, Sky, BBC and ITN.