(((It would take a Tolstoy, a Dostoevsky... no, even he would balk. Too melodramatic.)))

The Once-Mighty Russian Oligarch
By Bruce Sterling February 04, 2008 12:49:31 PM
(((It would take a Tolstoy, a Dostoevsky... no, even he would balk. Too melodramatic.)))
KHODORKOVSKY LAUNCHES SYMPATHY HUNGER STRIKE. Jailed former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky has declared a hunger strike in support of former Yukos Vice President Vasily Aleksanyan, Russian media reported on January 30. Aleksanyan, who has been held without trial for two years, reportedly has AIDS and has been denied medical treatment, despite an order from the European Court of Human Rights that he be given proper medical care (see "RFE/RL Newsline," January 15 and 17, 2008). A Moscow court on January 30 held a preliminary hearing of Aleksanyan's case, despite a request from the defense that it be postponed because of his deteriorating health. Ekho Moskvy reported on January 31 that Aleksanyan was brought by force into the courtroom that day and that he told journalists that he had recently been diagnosed with lymphoma as well. Aleksanyan is charged with embezzlement and money laundering, charges that he denies. Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Yury Shmidt, told Ekho Moskvy on January 31 that Khodorkovsky intends to continue his hunger strike until Aleksanyan is admitted to a hospital. A prison official in Chita, where Khodorkovsky is being held, told Interfax on January 31 that Khodorkovsky could be punished for "refusing to take food." RC
(((Meanwhile, the Russian intelligentsia are even deader than oil-company vice-presidents stricken with AIDS...)))
IS THE INTELLIGENTSIA DEAD? A recent poll by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) indicates that the long-respected Russian concept of the intelligentsia is on the verge of extinction, commentator Sergei Shelin wrote on gazeta.ru on January 30. The poll found that 26 percent of respondents, asked to name someone "famous in Russia" whom they regard as intelligent, named President Putin, followed in second place by First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev with 6 percent. Filmmaker Nikita Milkalkov came in third with 3 percent, tied with First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov.
Less than 3 percent of respondents mentioned the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Literature Prize laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or the late historian Dmitry Likhachyov. The most important result, according to Shelin, is that 43 percent of respondents were unable to name anyone. Asked to characterize a member of the intelligentsia, more than half of respondents said "educated" or "smart," while about one-quarter said "polite" or "cultured." Only 2 percent of respondents said members of the intelligentsia should be "politically or socially active," while only 1 percent said it is important they "have their own point of view." Forty-two percent of respondents nationally, and 65 percent in Moscow, said the influence of the intelligentsia has declined since the collapse of the Soviet Union. RC
The Once-Mighty Russian Oligarch
By Bruce Sterling February 04, 2008 12:49:31 PM
(((It would take a Tolstoy, a Dostoevsky... no, even he would balk. Too melodramatic.)))
KHODORKOVSKY LAUNCHES SYMPATHY HUNGER STRIKE. Jailed former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky has declared a hunger strike in support of former Yukos Vice President Vasily Aleksanyan, Russian media reported on January 30. Aleksanyan, who has been held without trial for two years, reportedly has AIDS and has been denied medical treatment, despite an order from the European Court of Human Rights that he be given proper medical care (see "RFE/RL Newsline," January 15 and 17, 2008). A Moscow court on January 30 held a preliminary hearing of Aleksanyan's case, despite a request from the defense that it be postponed because of his deteriorating health. Ekho Moskvy reported on January 31 that Aleksanyan was brought by force into the courtroom that day and that he told journalists that he had recently been diagnosed with lymphoma as well. Aleksanyan is charged with embezzlement and money laundering, charges that he denies. Khodorkovsky's lawyer, Yury Shmidt, told Ekho Moskvy on January 31 that Khodorkovsky intends to continue his hunger strike until Aleksanyan is admitted to a hospital. A prison official in Chita, where Khodorkovsky is being held, told Interfax on January 31 that Khodorkovsky could be punished for "refusing to take food." RC
(((Meanwhile, the Russian intelligentsia are even deader than oil-company vice-presidents stricken with AIDS...)))
IS THE INTELLIGENTSIA DEAD? A recent poll by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) indicates that the long-respected Russian concept of the intelligentsia is on the verge of extinction, commentator Sergei Shelin wrote on gazeta.ru on January 30. The poll found that 26 percent of respondents, asked to name someone "famous in Russia" whom they regard as intelligent, named President Putin, followed in second place by First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev with 6 percent. Filmmaker Nikita Milkalkov came in third with 3 percent, tied with First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov.
Less than 3 percent of respondents mentioned the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Literature Prize laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or the late historian Dmitry Likhachyov. The most important result, according to Shelin, is that 43 percent of respondents were unable to name anyone. Asked to characterize a member of the intelligentsia, more than half of respondents said "educated" or "smart," while about one-quarter said "polite" or "cultured." Only 2 percent of respondents said members of the intelligentsia should be "politically or socially active," while only 1 percent said it is important they "have their own point of view." Forty-two percent of respondents nationally, and 65 percent in Moscow, said the influence of the intelligentsia has declined since the collapse of the Soviet Union. RC

ロシアのゴッドファーザー　ホドルフスキーが、元ユコスの副社長　Vasily Aleksanyan(エイズらしい　横領とマネーロンダリングの疑惑）を救うために同情ハンガーストライキに入ったらしい
The Once-Mighty Russian OligarchOligarch（ロシアの新興財閥）
((It would take a Tolstoy, a Dostoevsky... no, even he would balk. Too melodramatic.)))
トルストイのような人、ドストエフスキーのような人が必要No 彼でさえためらうだろう　メロドラマチックすぎる
福井日記さんによりますと
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/motoyama_2006/e/dd3823cc9291acca31519c221b76d80b
『フォーブス』（Forbes)は、二〇〇一年の世界の大富豪五〇〇人をよく発表しているが、二〇〇一年には、ロシアの大富豪が一一人入った。この一一人は、なんらかの形で、エリツィン(Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, 1931〜2007）政権と強い関係をもっていた人たちである。
ホドルコフスキー（Mikhail Khodorkovsky)は、一九八八年までは共産党幹部、エリツィン時代には、ロシア政府の主任経済顧問となって、民営化に移行するさいに利権を集積して行った（広瀬[2002]、二七五ページ）。ユコス(Yukos)を買収した後、ルーブル危機のときに、石油増産に踏み切り、プーチン(Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, 1952) の石油戦略に上手く適合した。価値が下落するルーブル対価の原油販売よりも、西側通貨対価の販売に切り替え、ユコスの原油価格の安さを売り込んでいたのである。
IS THE INTELLIGENTSIA DEAD?ロシアの知識人は死んだか？
とBruce Sterlingは書いている
FOMによる最近の世論調査によると、ロシアの知識人は絶滅状態
プーチンMedvedev
映画監督 MilkalkovSergei Ivanov
ノーベル賞のAndrei Sakharov
作家Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn　ソルジェニーチェン歴史家　Dmitry Likhachyov.