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Khodorkovsky sees new hope in ‘awakening’ of civil society

AFP – Jailed Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has found new hope in the “real awakening” of Russian civil society, his son said. Once Russia’s richest man, the ex Yukos chief — imprisoned since 2003 — is set to remain behind bars until 2016 after being convicted in two fraud trials.