TODAY: Khodorkovsky moved to Moscow for new trial; Medvedev urges Estonia to prosecute suspected murderers; Kremlin granting passports in neighboring countries; pro-Kremlin youth try to tarnish opposition image.

Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been transferred to a Moscow detention center, reportedly in ‘strong spirits‘ ahead of his forthcoming trial for new theft and money-laundering charges announced last week, which his lawyers have called ‘absurd’.  Preliminary hearings in the new trial will begin next Tuesday.  On the ‘mysterious unanimity‘ of the Politkovskaya verdict.  Dmitry Medvedev has urged Estonia to prosecute those suspected of killing an ethnic Russian in a riot two years ago.