TODAY: Russia may withdraw OSCE funding; National Bolshevik web master jailed; court requests Khodorkovsky evaluation; Medvedev working on new personnel; Russia may retaliate with Cuba bomber base; religious battle with Ukraine. Russia is threatening to withdraw its annual financial contribution from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, criticizing it for a lack of democracy. The Other Russia reports that Russian authorities have jailed an opposition activist, charging him with “creating and moderating the website of the banned National-Bolshevik Party”. A Siberian court has reportedly requested an evaluation of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s “behavior” in jail for consideration of his parole application. If released for parole, it is thought that Khodorkovsky would be banned from making any “political statements”. President Dmitry Medvedev is reportedly working on building a new personnel of young and experienced candidates to work in the government as part of “one of the important components of the modernization that has been much talked about”. The Education and Science Minister has called for underperforming higher education institutions to be transformed into universities’ affiliates or midlevel professional schools, saying that only 150 out of the country’s 1,000 institutions are “competitive”.