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Russia: “Khodorkovsky's Land”

Thursday, July 5th, 2007 @ 23:35 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Russia
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Business, Economics, Energy, Governance, History, Human Rights, Law, Photography, Travel, Politics

A few photos from Chita - “Khodorkovsky's Land” - by Oleg Klimov are here. The last one allegedly shows windows of the former billionaire's cell. (The text is in Russian.)

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