Mikhail Khodorkovsky Society
Language: English
VLAST (POWER) is a feature documentary film about the arrest and trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, formerly the wealthiest man in Russia. After challenging the absolute power of Vladimir Putin in the name of an open society, Khodorkovsky was charged in 2003 with fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion while his oil company, YUKOS, was seized. He remains defiantly imprisoned and is currently being tried on new charges of having stolen a larger sum from YUKOS than its annual gross receipts. Through interviews wi