MOSCOW – When the U.S. levied sanctions against scores of well-connected Russians in April, Russian lawyer Ilya Rybalkin had to make a choice: he either had to drop his biggest client, a now blacklisted billionaire, or give up his promising career at a prestigious American law firm and launch his own practice to represent him.
Wall Street Journal: Russian lawyers find lucrative niche counseling clients hit by sanctions
An aerial view shows the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters and downtown Moscow on Nov. 26, 2018.
