Russia: A New Initiative to Release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky · Global Voices
Gregory Asmolov

Few days before the court will announce its verdict on the second trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a new online initiative suggests to promise president Medvedev electoral support in exchange of Khodorkovsky's release. Led by Mikhail Gurevich, executive director of Russian media corporation RBC Group, the project launched a Facebook group [RUS] where the preliminary discussions take place so far.