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December 16, 2011 · Comments Off

Putin’s ‘Ceausescu moment’? Maybe not, but …… – NED

Russian premier Vladimir Putin today disparaged his critics as pawns of the United States in his first public reaction to the growing protest movement, but the resignation of two leading Kremlin officials suggests that the regime has been rattled by the recent upsurge in protests. Putin hinted at token reforms to address corruption – even hinting that he may release former Yukos executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky – but took a largely uncompromising and notably nationalist tone during a marathon phone-in TV program

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Russia: Khodorkovsky Sentence Spotlights Unfair Trial

January 1, 2011 · Comments Off

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - The criminal sentence imposed on the former Yukos Oil company owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and his business partner, Platon

Khodorkovsky sentence shows rule of law lipstick on Putin pig

January 1, 2011 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):

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Khodorkovsky/Lebedev Re-Conviction Highlights Russia’s Mis-Rule of Law

December 28, 2010 · Comments Off

Freedom House: Freedom House today condemned the finding of a Moscow court that Russian businessmen Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were guilty of charges that either duplicate

Putin’s Remarks on Khodorkovsky Show Blatant Disrespect for Rule of Law

December 19, 2010 · Comments Off

Freedom House: Freedom House today renewed its deep concern about the fairness and impartiality of the pending court decision in the case of former Yukos head, Mikhail

Russia’s rule of the lawless | National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

November 6, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): President Dmitri Medvedev came to office making laudable statements on the need to curb Russia’s endemic corruption and

Russia: investors deterred by no rule of law

July 14, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s leading democratic leaders and thinkers convened again last week for the sixth annual Khodorkovsky Reading, a seminar

Medvedev’s US visit: seeking Viagra for authoritarian system?

June 23, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): President Dmitri Medvedev’s visit is partly designed to attract investment in a country rife with corruption, wary of

Russia’s Legal Nihilism …Not Much the West Can Do?

February 4, 2010 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia provides a challenging “test case” for the Obama administration’s approach to promoting democracy while engaging authoritarian regimes,

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