"Brudno, Dubov and Nevzelin claim that the arrest warrants against them were politically motivated and issued at the order of the Russian president as part of a crackdown on Yukos. "
Putin has ruined the business climate of Russia for years to come.. No one can trust him as long as he is in power.
If that is so, then what is to be said of our government with Martha Stewart, Enron, Tyco, etc. I guess Al Capone should have been left in power, because God forbid, he was as honost a broker as Khadarkovsky.
Oh and while we're on the subject, Yushchenko is doing the same thing and more, planning on reversing most of the privatizations. I'll wait real hard to hear everyone's criticism there, while he and Ukraine join the corrupt EU.