<DIV><PRE><TT></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><PRE><TT>My take is the following: it is more b.) and a little bit of c.).</TT></PRE><PRE><TT>I believe he did write the missive – though probably peppered up </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>a bit by a chosen ghost writer. <o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>Khodorkovsky knows he has lost – almost everything. He is also </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>p*ssed off that the liberals didn’t rally around him in his hour </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>need. What is interesting is his interest in politics. Sure </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>sounds like he wants to join Putin’s politburo. <o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>He also knows that he does have jail time ahead of him and that</TT></PRE><PRE><TT>his vast fortune will be cut down to size. The deal to be made </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>is how much time he will sit in the cooler and how much he will
</TT></PRE><PRE><TT></TT><TT>have to pay.<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>I thought his missive was spot on (because I have been saying the </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>same thing for a long time). <o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>I won’t say he feels remorse. He is probably introspective that </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>he was most success during all the chaos. He is also remembering</TT></PRE><PRE><TT>something about Russian history – the people who rule never </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>respect wealth (they respect only power). Khodorkovsky crossed </TT></PRE><PRE><TT>the line and has paid the price. <o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>a.) a curious attempt to create a dis-information<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>campaign of sorts in which a ghost writer crafts the<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>character of a repentent oligarch
(almost Dostoevskian<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>in nature) <o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>b.) Khodorkovsky's an adaptable fellow who sees his<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>situation clearly and acts accordingly (when on top of<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>the world act like a big shot, when you're at the<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>bottom of the heap experience a necessary conversion)<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>c.) He really has re-thought the whole robber barron<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>project and feels genuine remorse for merely acquiring<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>wealth instead of 'creating wealth' for the greater<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>society.<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><o:p> </o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>Whichever story is true, it's a very interesting turn<o:p></o:p></TT></PRE><PRE><TT>of
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