Never heard of it either, even though apparently it has been in existance since 1995. It is actually registered in 956 Broadview (Sihtkapital), with Toomas Kutti, Uno Jaason ja Jaan Arro as directors
https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/c...

Hermitage Capital is an active UK based hedge fund. It's investments in Russia in 2005 totalled around $4.5 billion. And you ask where the business aspect lies?

Instead of discussing details, like who the sponsoring groups are and who runs them -which are completely insignificant to the issue at hand- why not discuss what Canada can do to help support Russian human rights and democrats as an extension of our foreign policy? We can go whole hog on Israel but Canada remains suspiciously silent on Russia. Part of the UK syndrome?

browder is just a front ...
http://events2011.groupedr.eu/...

As I said before, I don't question the event, I'm sure it will be lovely to discuss human rights issues in Russia with Mr. Browder. Supposedly the Canadian Estonian Chamber of Commerce's main purpose is to promote businees ties between Canada and Estonia (although I have never heard of them or their activities before and there is no public information available that I can find). So I ask again, why would such a organization thumb their nose into Russian human rights affairs, right off the bat as their first major public event? If I would like to do business in Estonia or use Estonia to get access to the 150x bigger Russian market, I sure as hell don't want to be associated with CanEst Chamber of Commerce.

As an Estonian Canadian entrepreneur, I think this discussion will give fascinating insight into the risks of doing business with Russia. Kudos to the organizers who were able to snag this exciting world class figure for our little community - and a free event to boot! Promises to be a fascinating talk on investment, trade and rights.

Vabamüürlane, kui ma olen kunagi vabamüürlase taband !

This has everything to do with business: how to avoid getting burned and avoid doing business with groups that operate outside the law. Doing business in Estonia often means doing business with Russia. Nothing wrong with promoting awareness. This is an excellent business topic for the region. And excellent leadership by all groups involved.

To Jaan/Gunnar: that argument is simply not beliavable

Sounds like its going to be a great event with mix of business and human rights issues!

Magnitsky passes in US Senate.
How did this event get timed so perfectly?
http://en.ria.ru/russia/201212...