I’ve seen that many visitors today have made their way over from the Wall Street Journal site via my YouTube channel of the Lev Ponomarev video – for those of you who didn’t, I highly recommend you see the Bret Stephens article after the jump. Also stay tuned for an exclusive Lev Ponomarev interview to be posted later today. For those visiting this blog for the first time, I hope you are able to find something of interest. We have several other articles posted in the past by Lev Ponomarev, as well as last year’s “Zek Week” series of original feature articles about prisons in Russia. This blog is also fortunate to feature original reporting from Grigory Pasko, a journalist and former political prisoner who knows a thing or two about life behind bars. Beyond information about prisons, the blog is also a platform for dialogue on politics in Russia, updates on the Khodorkovsky case, energy analysis, original videos, and no shortage of other musings and news items. Enjoy, and come back often.