Vladimir Putin's unforgiving brand of vendetta politics today claimed another prominent victim with the guilty verdict against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former oil magnate who dared oppose the Kremlin strongman.There was never going to be any other result. In modern-day Russia, challenging Putin is like standing in front of a tank. Either get out of the way or expect "“ sooner or later "“ to be flattened.
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/12/28/vladimir_putin039s_latest_victim_247975.html
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