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  • Decorative Due Process and Adaptive Legal Nihilism

    18 Mar 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    Legal nihilism in Russia is an adaptive animal, exemplified by the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev trial. After seven years of blatant Kremlin injustice, state prosecutors have refined their ability to hold convincing show trials.

  • Browder: YUKOS’ Lawyers Acquire ‘Huge Weapon’

    18 Mar 2010 | The Daily Telegraph

    William Browder, of Hermitage Capital Management, believes that YUKOS’ lawyers have acquired a “huge weapon” in their battle with Rosneft after the company’s lawyers obtained injunctions in the UK and US.

  • Neo-Soviet Russia and America

    17 Mar 2010 | American Thinker

    Kim Zigfield, a Russian commentator and blogger, believes that revolution is brewing in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

  • Putin vs. Khodorkovsky: The Courtroom as Battlefield

    16 Mar 2010 | Pajamas Media

    Mikhail Khodorkovsky has struck back against the Russian authorities keeping him imprisoned on “the single most absurd criminal indictment ever levelled against an individual”.

  • Imagine That! Putin Might Not Be So Pure After All

    15 Mar 2010 | The Huffington Post

    In a comment for The Huffington Post, Matvey Ganapolskiy notes that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his team have accumulated significant capital as a result of YUKOS takeover.