[lbo-talk] US vs. Russian democracy

[Carl Remick]

>Look, Kh. made his riches in the Mafia-ridden 1990s. If he's not guilty of 
>embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion, maybe murder, I would be amazed. Nobody 
>in the Western media seems to mention the murder charges.

But giving credit where it's due:  While The Economist huffs that 
Khodorkovsky's arrest has "nothing to do with business misdeeds, still less 
with justice, and everything to do with politics," it does make this frank 
acknowledgment:  "This is not to say that Mr Khodorkovsky, and indeed any of 
the country's 'oligarchs', are as white as Siberian snow."  Zowie, a pretty 
searing assessment!

Carl

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