Investors Wonder Who Is Safe in Russia After Fund Manager Arrest

(Bloomberg) For most of the past three decades, American private equity investor Michael Calvey has made billions for his funds by knowing how to play by the rules — both written and unwritten — in Russia. Now he’s sitting in a Moscow jail facing fraud charges over a deal that went bad. His Baring Vostok funds lists “constructive relations” with the authorities as no. 7 of its 10 rules for successfully investing in Russia. It hired a nationally known former Soviet cosmonaut to help defuse any tensions that arose.

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