Archive September 2009
Winners Announced in “Drawing the Court” Contest
The winning entries have been chosen in a contest challenging artists to draw their renditions of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev’s trial.
Political Commentator: What if Khodorkovsky is Released?
Gleb Pavlovsky, the President at the Foundation for Effective Politics, comments that during his time in jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky has become a prominent political analyst.
Russian Journalist: Behavior of the Investigators and Charges Against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev “Absurd”
Ekho Moskvy Radio interviews journalist Saken Aymurzayev who comments on the proceedings in Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev’s trial.
Russia Strengthens Ties with Germany
Much of Germany’s upcoming elections have focused on the country’s “strategic energy partnership” with Russia, notes the BBC’s international affairs writer William Horsley.
Stalin Still Looms Large Over Eastern Europe
The Financial Times’ East Europe correspondent Stefan Wagstyl comments in the paper on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Poland to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the second world war – a move which he says “belies deep divisions about the war, its causes and its consequences”.