I wouldn't use a blanket statement like that, it's actually a lot more complicated. First of all, the tax system in Russia is set up that it's impossible to run

I wouldn't use a blanket statement like that, it's actually a lot more complicated. First of all, the tax system in Russia is set up that it's impossible to run a business without violating one tax law or the other. That setup is intentional, put in place specifically so anybody who's in Putin's way can be put away for tax crimes. That's exactly what happened here, and tax charges are bogus. Having said that, you couldn't become a billionaire "new Russian" in the early 90's without doing something horrible, which I'm sure Khodorkovskiy has done at some point. So he probably is a criminal. However, the ONLY reason he was put in jail is that he dared to defy Putin. Everything else was bogus - charges were fabricated, judges had direct orders to convict him, etc.