EUROFILE: BIG ISSUE: TURMOIL IN RUSSIA / Comment on Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Arrest and the Resignation of Putin's Chief of Staff

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THIS ARREST will be the straw that broke the camel's back. It signifies the most difficult and unnecessary crisis during Vladimir Putin's presidency. The majority of the elite will be loath to march in procession under the supervision of the chief prosecutor, the interior ministry and the federal security service. If freedom is taken away from them, they will have nothing to do in Russia. And they will blame the president for this. (Moskovskiy Komsomolets, Russia)

BEFORE THE campaign against Yukos and Khodorkovsky by the general prosecutor's office - independent in name only - and the domestic secret service, Yukos was one of the few showpiece firms in Russia. The …