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Is Mikhail Khodorkovsky A Political Prisoner?
If President Bush really wants to understand today's Russia, maybe he should spend less time looking Putin in the eye and peer into the eyes of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, writes PJM's Russia analyst Kim Zigfeld. The former tycoon sits in a Siberian prison convicted of committing corporate fraud. When his arrest and prosecution is scrutinized, Khodorkovsky looks more and more like an old-style Soviet dissident.
How Vladimir Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Islamic Bombski
In forging ahead with his state visit to Iran right now, Russia's Vladimir Putin has alienated virtually the entire world. He could provoke a renewed Cold War-style conflict which Russia --either in terms of allies or the economy-- is ill-equipped for. Kim Zigfeld explains why.
Chechnya Truth Not Fit to Print in the NYT
If you're depending on the New York Times to keep up with events in Chechnya, you are being misled, warns Kim Zigfeld, who is deeply dissatisfied with the Gray Lady's coverage of things Russian.
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