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Jun 15 / 6:07am

Khodorkovsky: Western Realpolitik Big Mistake

by Kerkko Paananen

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The West has paid too little attention to the human rights situation in Russia, the former head of the now defunct YUKOS oil company, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said. Speaking in a written interview with four Western newspapers -- The Wall Street Journal, Le Figaro, Il Mondo, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, -- Mr Khodorkovsky blamed the West for passivity in monitoring the respect of human rights in Russia. Such a position will cost dearly to both Russia and Europe, he warned.

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