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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Cyril Tuschi’s ‘Khodorkovsky’: 'I’m not so frightened - I’ll be flying to Moscow premiere'
The Berlin-based director on the power struggle between Vladimir Putin and the former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky - who is probably Russia’s most famous prisoner - are depicted in his documentary thriller, which is to be released in Russia on 2 December - if all goes well. Interview
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The Matryoshka Doll of Russian Society
Social conflict is keeping Putin in power. Only the Russian oligarchy can open up Russia’s passive matryoshka doll.
Russia – One Apple Short of a Fruit-Bowl
Today’s EU-Russia summit could bring Russia closer to the European Economic Area, but the Yukos affair has poisoned the apple. Putin must take measures to restore his country’s spliced credibility as a free-market democracy.
