Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Communications Center

The Financial Times' Lex Column comments on 10 years of Vladimir Putin in power in Russia, highlighting the YUKOS Affair as a major event in his "clampdown on oligarch power".

The column adds that: "Post-Yukos, "statist" hardliners around Putin instead channeled most efforts into creating ‘national champions' in resources and heavy industry." Now, President Dmitry Medvedev, who has called for an end to a reliance on energy exports, will likely face resistance from this groups has if he indeed tries to reform Russia's economy.