Here’s an interesting translation of some news from Vedomosti about the upcoming second show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which due to some unexpected changes and willful delays by the Investigation Committee, could take place right during the presidential elections:

Second Khodorkovsky trial could be timed to coincide with presidential election A sudden freak change has occurred in the so-called second “case” of the embattled ex-oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Investigation Committee under the Prosecutor-General’s Office is in no hurry to take the matter to law although it finished the investigation a long time ago. An unnamed source at the Prosecutor-General’s Office said: “the case is ready to be taken to court, but is lingering in the Investigation Committee. For some unknown reason it is not being handed over to the prosecutor’s office for approval.”