Russian Tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky Found Guilty

By Rick Taylor | December 27, 2010 |

A Moscow court on Monday found tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty in his second fraud trial, a judgment seen as a crucial moment in Russia’s post Soviet history that alarmed the West. In a penetrating reaction from the West, the German foreign minister said the verdict was a step backwards for Russia while US Secretary of…

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More Ethnic Rioting In Russia

By Donna Clark | December 15, 2010 |

Fearing more confrontation between mostly Muslim ethnic minorities and racist thugs, Hundreds of riot police outside the Kievsky station in central Moscow apprehend more than 1,000 people in Moscow and several other Russian cities Wednesday, after weekend rioting in the capital left many injured. Hundreds of riot police apprehended mostly teenagers and young men who…

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