Peril in Moscow.

Peril in Moscow Our man in Russia is stalked by an armed gang IT IS trite to warn people that journalism can be a dangerous trade, but it never ceases to shock when the warning comes true.

Over Christmas, three armed men were arrested outside the home of Business Day's Moscow correspondent, John Helmer. He says police investigating the case have told him that the three worked for a security company called Alpha-Inform and had told them they were acting on behalf of Rusal, the largest Russian aluminium group. Rusal is controlled by one of that country's most powerful oligarchs, Oleg Deripaska, a man both admired and feared and who has not been allowed into the US since 2003. …