Our fellow citizens are ready for a law-based state

On July 28th, Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a guest of Hard Day's Night, a weekly magazine on TV Rain.  Commenting on Open Russia's support for the Democratic Coalition and the movement's project monitoring the upcoming elections, he said: "Elections are a time when the Russian opposition can present itself as an alternative to Russian society. Safeguarding this right to vote is one of the two main tasks. The second task — this is to get a look at those people who may be a political asset for the opposition and, correspondingly, these people are being offered the opportunity to show themselves to society. I think that both of these tasks can be resolved within the framework of a pre-election campaign and the subsequent elections. And it is precisely because I consider these tasks to be more important than actually getting elected that I support the Democratic Coalition, but at the same time am not a part of it." On the need for democracy in Russia he remarked: "I am absolutely convinced that our fellow citizens are totally interested in and ready for the building of a law-based state. A state where there will be independent courts, a state where the bureaucracy is going to listen to the people, a state where the organs of state are going to be carrying out their state duties, and not engaging in seeking out opportunities to line their pockets. Just because Gorbachev was talking about a law-based state back in 1986, does not mean that one should not be built, at long last. " Read the highlights of the interview here One of Glavplakat posters, which appeared in April 2014 in Moscow. Faces of leaders of the opposition, including Boris Nemtsov and Alexey Navalny are described: "The fifth column. Aliens among us." As part of the ongoing harassment of the opposition, NGOs and media, a mysterious organisation Glavplakat is regularly hanging banners on buildings, presenting a slew of accusations at the heroes of the protest movement, who are denounced for their involvement with the "Washington regional committee", reproached for being lacklustre patriots and Nazi sympathisers, and blamed for the collapse of "patriarchal" Russian culture. Writer Dmitry Bykov describes Glavplakat as "a deeply conspiratorial organisation of anonymous patriots – like a modern version of Alcoholics Anonymous, but worse". Along with raids and laws against "undesirable" organisations and "foreign agents", the campaign is another way of attacking those opposing the current regime. Read more about Glavplakat here Facebook Twitter Medium Website Copyright © 2015 Khodorkovsky.com, All rights reserved. Subscribe to receive the news from Open Russia  | Unsubscribe from all Open Russia email | Update your subscriptions