The Alliance for Liberals and Democrats for Europe, led by MEP Graham Watson, have unveiled a large countdown calendar board today displaying the number of days Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been held in prison, and the number of days until the Russian election on display in the European Parliament. See the press release below for strong expressions of support from Watson for human rights and political prisoners in Russia. Putin’s Russia is a blast from the past Today in the European Parliament Graham Watson MEP the Leader of the Liberals and Democrats will unveil a calendar marking the number of days since Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s imprisonment and counting down until 2 March 2008 – the date for Russia’s so-called democratic elections for President.