Moscow, Russia – A judge has sentenced jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to 13.5 years in prison following a trial seen as payback for his defiance of Vladimir Putin’s power.
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Judge Viktor Danilkin on Thursday handed down the sentence after convicting Mr. Khodorkovsky of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds.
Mr. Khodorkovsky who is Jewish, is in the final year of an eight-year prison sentence. His lawyers say the new sentence is counted from his 2003 arrest and includes his previous term in jail.
Mr. Putin is seen as the driving force behind the trial of Khodorkovsky, who challenged him during his presidency.
Mr. Putin, eyeing a return to the presidency in 2012, appears unwilling to risk the possibility that a freed Mr. Khodorkovsky could help lead his political foes.
“Mr. Khodorkovsky who is Jewish” by father.
So what? In Israel he would be a full fledged jew and no one will no the better. He would be one of the 600,000 Russian immigrants who are gentiles but came to Israel not out of patriotism but for the freedom of getting out of Russia.
People, enjoy America’s freedom!
“Mr. Putin, eyeing a return to the presidency in 2012, appears unwilling to risk the possibility that a freed Mr. Khodorkovsky could help lead his political foes.”
Obama, read and learn!
Shalom Rubashkin is in prison with a 27 year sentence.
Brought up on charges after the Governor of Iowa wrote an op-ed about him stating that they will unleash all forces of government against him until they find something to lock him up for. They closed his company, confiscated it, liquidated it, and then finally with a fine tooth comb, they found some unrelated charges to hang him on. A first-time, non-violent offender is given a 27 yr sentence on issues which in similar instances never even net a year.
That’s what happens when the Unions decide to take you down. In America.
Will we stand up to America’s Putin?