A film about an Oligarch is always going to be a portrayal giving uneasy feelings about how much sympathy you can endear to an internal process power made figure purporting to be a champion of the common man.It a bit like a Rangers fan knocking lumps out of another Rangers fan in what we in Glasgow call Hun-On-Hun Action.Whoever is being hit gives one pleasure , and if they give each other as good as they get then it gives one self-satisfying justified pleasure.
Khodorkovsky ( pronounced without the "K") became a neo-billionaire when his early Komsomol connections ( The Soviet Communist Party Youth Wing) give him privileged inside access to the corridors of power when the former Soviet Union was giving out tenders for its Industries and Natural resources under the Yeltsen leadership.It was not unusual for an insider to buy a company for a sum of some lower hundred millions in restricted tenders , only to then have those same companies valued at several billions only a few short months later.At this time Russia was vying with Pakistan to be the most corrupt nation on the planet.
Khodorkovskys problems began when he broke an unwritten law in this process whilst Putin was in power of interfering in the political process, namely through his use of putting his media empire to openly support political rivals to Putin in the electoral process.This put him in a collision course with Putin in which there was only going to be one winner.
To my surprise the documentary is very critical of Khodorkovsky , though appreciative to persecute any Human under the spineless authority weighted justice system is not right , no matter who the victim is no Angel.
You can see the trailer of the film in the segment below:
This Guardian Review does highlight some of the doubtful matters in this subject.
Khodorkovsky was arrested in a special forces mission to apprehend him as soon as his private plane touched down , he was put on trial on charges of tax evasion and has spent time in a Siberian Prison ever since.Only to re-appear for a second trial on more charges and level of evidence that would not conform to any International Standards to get more time in his new Home.The Chances of him getting out before Putin grip on Power lessens seem remote.
This Telegraph review highlights the restrictions the documentary received when it was due to open in Moscow Cinemas.
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