Few days before the court will announce its verdict on the second trial [1] of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [2], 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 [3] [RUS] where the preliminary discussions take place so far.
Russia: A New Initiative to Release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
· Written by Gregory Asmolov
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