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Medvedev meets with TV journalists

April 26, 2012 Russia Beyond the Headlines
Russia’s outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev sat with TV journalists to discuss Astrakhan’s hunger strike, the Pussy Riot scandal, censorship in the country, and other political problems

Medvedev orders Khodorkovsky case probe

March 5, 2012 RIA Novosti
Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to probe the legality of the verdicts handed down to 32 prisoners, including former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Russian protestors took to New York's streets

February 6, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
Once again on Feb. 4 Russians protested in New York against vote fraud during the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, but this time, the rally launched a new organization – the Coalition of Russian-speaking Organizations for Civil Rights

Can a businessman make a good politician?

January 24, 2012 Ian Pryde
Are the skills learned in business school transferable to the political stage? Or are they not even much good for business leadership?

Is it still a one-horse race?

December 20, 2011 Artem Zagorodnov
The turmoil surrounding the State Duma result has changed the landscape of next year’s presidential poll

So, do theater and politics mix in Russia?

August 12, 2011 John 
Freedman, The Moscow Times
Jailed businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsy and writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya came together to discuss the state of the State of Russia – on a theatre stage

Presumption of failure

June 11, 2011 Eugene Ivanov
Medvedev's judicial reforms are unduly burdened by the expectation that they will come to nought

From oil tycoon to imprisoned muse

March 28, 2011 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
Mikhail Khordokovsky has become a source of inspiration for Russia's directors and writers

Russia's past, present and future through a camera lens

February 14, 2011 Evgeny Gusyatinsky, Russky Reporter
The Berlin International Film Festival features three films that offer perpectives of Russia beyond that of enigma or caricature.

All the president's messages

February 7, 2011 Eugene Ivanov
Element sof Dmitry Medvedev's reelection campaign set him apart from Russia's other presidents, but it all could backfire.

Russian literary stars launch Khodorkovsky book in Moscow

January 24, 2011 Kevin O`Flynn, RFE/RL
Russia's literary elite show their support for Mikhail Khodorkovsky by supporting his writings.

Medvedev adviser Arkady Dvorkovich answers questions in online forum

January 24, 2011 Gazeta.ru
A member of both the Putin and Medvedev presidential administrations and now Russia’s G8 sherpa, Arkady Dvorkovich responds to readers’ concerns in a forum hosted by Gazeta.ru.

Yukos: The real story

January 11, 2011 Andrei Liakhov, via Johnson's Russia List
The Western media has painted Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a brilliant businessman and model democrat, but is that really the case?

Khodorkovsky verdict: The time bomb goes off

January 5, 2011 Dmitry Babich, RIA Novosti
The decision in the latest trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a long time coming, and no one should be surprised at its results.

Why Khodorkovsky cannot go free

January 5, 2011 Georgy Bovt
Russians still view Khodorkovsky as a product of the 1990s and have limited sympathy for his plight.

Khodorkovsky sentenced to six more years

December 30, 2010 Russia Today TV Channel
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head and key shareholder of the Yukos oil company has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in a penal colony for massive theft and money laundering

Guilty verdict for Khodorkovsky

December 27, 2010 Russia Today TV Channel
A Moscow court has found former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former colleague ex-Menatep head Platon Lebedev guilty in a second criminal case against the two men.

Crisis of power or power of crisis?

April 2, 2009 Anna Arutunyan

Court to reconsider Khodorkovsky parole on Oct. 15

October 3, 2008 RIA Novosti