>His trial was a farce As if there is any other kind of trial in Russia. Quick introduction on Russia trials : http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tribunal_%28epis

>His trial was a farce As if there is any other kind of trial in Russia. Quick introduction on Russia trials : http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tribunal_%28episode%29 http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Tribunal_%28episode%29 >Germany is also trying to get Timochenko out of Ukraine yep, one more "prisoner of conscience" of Khodorkovsky type >so your question should probably be rephrased from "why him" to "why not also Snowden". as i already said, there is nothing in common between Khodorkovsky and people like Snowden. Snowden challenged the State, the Order of Things on the right/wrong principles, whereis Khodorkovsky being at the time among largest beneficiaries of the Order of Things challenged a specific person for personal [beneficial] position in that Order of Things.