Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Trial
Guilty until Proven Guilty
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested on October 24, 2003, by armed police forces in Novosobirsk. He was the wealthiest person in Russia with a billion dollars because of his management of Russia’s largest oil company, Yukos. Khodorkovsky rose as an oligarch easily because of his relationship with Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The reason Khodorkovsky was arrested was because of his failure to follow the government and pay $4.5 billion in taxes. He was seen as an honest oligarchy but he had minimal access to attorneys and business colleagues for his trial in July, 2004. He was even forced to stay in a cage for days during his trial for the entire world to see. The court of …show more content…
Russia was constantly being attacked during their evolution but finally became one of Europe's major powers. Even though they were one of the great powers, Russia was dominated by an orthodox church and autocracy. However, there were times of reform. New ideas and technologies were introduced and tried to modernize Russia but the Slavophiles were people who believed Russian traditions were the greatest in the entire world. They rejected anything new or foreign. Later the event that would ignite the revolution was the minor defeat in the Crimean war of …show more content…
The difference between the two would be the main cause of the actual revolution and the outcome of Russia.
Backwardness
Russia began to industrialize but it didn't develop to Marx's expectation because businesses and factories were owned by the government. Around the 1860s, Russian serfs were slaves to their feudal lords. Most of them lived in rural areas and were very uneducated also despite of Marx's expectations.
Failed Reform
Since Russia was far behind the West, a few limited democratic reforms were established. Alexander II declares that serfs were liberated, censorship lessened, and schooling and civil services were opened to the commoners. However, right before he was about to give 5% of men the ability to vote, he was assassinated in 1881. All reforms stopped when his son came into power and tsar once again reinforced the autocracy.
A Weak
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested on October 24, 2003, by armed police forces in Novosobirsk. He was the wealthiest person in Russia with a billion dollars because of his management of Russia’s largest oil company, Yukos. Khodorkovsky rose as an oligarch easily because of his relationship with Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The reason Khodorkovsky was arrested was because of his failure to follow the government and pay $4.5 billion in taxes. He was seen as an honest oligarchy but he had minimal access to attorneys and business colleagues for his trial in July, 2004. He was even forced to stay in a cage for days during his trial for the entire world to see. The court of …show more content…
Russia was constantly being attacked during their evolution but finally became one of Europe's major powers. Even though they were one of the great powers, Russia was dominated by an orthodox church and autocracy. However, there were times of reform. New ideas and technologies were introduced and tried to modernize Russia but the Slavophiles were people who believed Russian traditions were the greatest in the entire world. They rejected anything new or foreign. Later the event that would ignite the revolution was the minor defeat in the Crimean war of …show more content…
The difference between the two would be the main cause of the actual revolution and the outcome of Russia.
Backwardness
Russia began to industrialize but it didn't develop to Marx's expectation because businesses and factories were owned by the government. Around the 1860s, Russian serfs were slaves to their feudal lords. Most of them lived in rural areas and were very uneducated also despite of Marx's expectations.
Failed Reform
Since Russia was far behind the West, a few limited democratic reforms were established. Alexander II declares that serfs were liberated, censorship lessened, and schooling and civil services were opened to the commoners. However, right before he was about to give 5% of men the ability to vote, he was assassinated in 1881. All reforms stopped when his son came into power and tsar once again reinforced the autocracy.
A Weak