RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 22, 2008
Source: http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2008/08/ras_daily_russia_news_blast_au_15.htmPosted on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | In Russia
Contributed by: Robert Amsterdam (http://www.robertamsterdam.com/) -
TODAY: Khodorkovsky parole appeal rejected. Russia submits draft resolution to UN over Georgia; Russia likely will sell weapons to Syria. Saakashvili interview. Healthcare crisis.
Former Yukos executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky has has his parole appeal rejected by a Siberian court, on grounds that he had not taken part in a prison education program specializing in sewing. The decision can be appealed within ten days. Khodorkovsky had told the court that, if freed, he would quit the oil business, and devote himself to humanitarian work and family life.
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Georgia, Healthcare crisis, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Oil, Russia, Russia, Siberian court, Syria, United Nations
Georgia, Healthcare crisis, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Oil, Russia, Russia, Siberian court, Syria, United Nations
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