Putin and the Oligarch : The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakwa, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khodorkovskii, Mikhail, 1963.

Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government--21st century.

I︠U︡KOS (Firm).

Khodorkovskiĭ, Mikhail, 1963-.

Khodorkovskiĭ, Mikhail.

Khodorkovskiĭ, Mikhail, 1963---Imprisonment.

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-.

Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Local Subjects:

Khodorkovskii, Mikhail, 1963.

Russia (Federation)--History--21st century.

Russia (Federation)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : I.B.Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, in October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history. From being one of the world''s richest and most powerful men, Khodorkovsky became Putin's prisoner. After two controversial trials, attracting widespread international condemnation, Khodorkovsky was sentenced to fourteen years in jail. In this book, Richard Sakwa examines the rise and fall of Yukos and considers the relationship between Putin's state and big business during Russia''s traumatic shift from the Soviet planned economy to capitalism, as well as

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Rise of the Citizen Oligarch Origins; Origins; The birth of Russian capitalism; From banks to oil; The oligarchs are born; ""The experiment is over""; Corporate transformations; Personal life; Chapter 2 - The State and the Oligarchs; Equidistance and Uniformity; Muddy waters; Business and the state; Between assaults; From equidistance to subordination; Opening Russia; The revenge of the state; Chapter 3 - Why Khordorkovsky?; A state within a state; Khodorkovsky''s defection; The merger of Yukos and Sibneft

Parliament and lobbyingFinancing Parties; The reorganisation of power; Foreign-policy struggles; Chapter 4 - The State Strikes Back; The anti-Yukos ''politburo''; First arrests; Khodorkovsky''s response; Khodorkovsky''s arrest; First reactions; Political fallout; Chapter 5 - Basmanny Justice; Pre-trial detention; The criminal case; The first trial; Reactions; Appeal; In the penal colony; Chapter 6- Collateral Damage; Pichugin: The Tambov cases and Valentina Korneeva; Nefteyugansk and the murder of Petukhov; The East Petroleum Handels case (Yevgeny Rybin); The Temerko case; The Bakhmina case

Vasily AleksanyanAntonio Valdes-Garcia (Seibatdalov); Other cases; Chapter 7 - The Trial of the Century; Further charges; ''A thief should sit in jail''; The system exposed; Pardon and parole; Chapter 8 - Russia on Trial; International commentary and resolutions; Appeals to the European Court of Human Rights; Chapter 9 - From Oligarch to Dissident ; Business and the state; The crisis of Russian liberalism; Khodorkovsky as political philosopher and commentator; Property and freedom; First interview from jail; Freedom the Russian way; Chapter 10 - Russia Is Worthy of Freedom; The left turn

Realism or fatalismAnother left turn; The Medvedev years; Commentator on Russian politics; Chapter 11 - Return, Resistance and Reform; Putin''s return; The seeds of modernity; Presidential review; Pardon again; Putinism and the future; Freedom; Chapter 12 - Conclusion; List of Acronyms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857734808

0857734806

OCLC:

881415386