http://www.thekomisarscoop.com/2007/03/western-critics-khodorkovsky-stole-yukos-fair-and-square/ Reports & Analysis by Investigative Journalist Lucy Komisar Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thekomisarscoop.com/2007/03/western-critics-khodorkovsky-stole-yukos-fair-and-square/comment-page-1/#comment-5687 Eric Kraus Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:27:43 +0000 http://thekomisarscoop.com/2007/03/28/western-critics-khodorkovsky-stole-yukos-fair-and-square/#comment-5687 Great paper - such a shame the mainstream US press does not bother to pick up the simple facts that everyone really knows. The interesting thing in all of this is that it shows how easy it is to manipulate Western media via the tame (and occasionally corrupt) foundations, think tanks, and various talking heads - all of whom happily made themselves available to Menatep and Co. The only real mystery is what does Khodorkovsky hope to obtain in his fight with a nuclear armed sovereign state which has a long history of taking no prisoners... Great paper – such a shame the mainstream US press does not bother to pick up the simple facts that everyone really knows.
The interesting thing in all of this is that it shows how easy it is to manipulate Western media via the tame (and occasionally corrupt) foundations, think tanks, and various talking heads – all of whom happily made themselves available to Menatep and Co.
The only real mystery is what does Khodorkovsky hope to obtain in his fight with a nuclear armed sovereign state which has a long history of taking no prisoners…

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