Russian arrests will unnerve politics and business

Significance

Instead, President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to extend its judicial rules to other nations.

Impacts

• Efforts to make rule of commercial law more robust in the 2000s are receding.
• The use of force, threats and prosecutions for political and commercial gain is likely to continue.
• Whoever strikes first tends to win, so the temptation to launch cases fast will only increase.