In Russia, there is not a lot of public sympathy for the oligarchy who looted the country’s wealth while the living standards of most Russians declined. And its taken Russia a long time to climb out of the dark years years of Yeltsin, when no hope seemed to be in sight. The only thing Russians associate with democracy is impoverishment, instability, powerlessness and decline. For the vast majority of them, a good life is more important than freedom. The fate of Khodorovsky is not really burning news in Russia today.
And there is no doubt Khodorovski is guilty.