[nopardons]

Sounds of tiny violins for Micha. To hell with the N.Y. Times !

[DPB101]

Khodorkovsky hired Kissinger to lobby the State Department for help. This writer believes that was a huge mistake:

When oligarchs are beaten at Go

The game is heating up. Prime Minister Kasyanov tried to downplay the matter by saying the investigation would be resolved soon. That so enraged prosecutors they, yesterday, slapped some more charges on Platon Lebedev.Kasyanov rose to power with Yeltsin and the oligarchs. Putin has the siloviki-- associates from his KGB days.