The EU parliament is considering imposing sanctions that would ban all officials involved with the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case from entering Europe, and freeze their bank accounts – a decision that apparently could have direct implications for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – although the parliament ‘cannot introduce the sanctions on its own‘.  The news would be welcomed by Boris Nemtsov who, speaking at a press conference to mark his release from prison, called for Putin to be refused entry to Western countries.  Nemtsov also commented that the dictatorial practices of Russian authorities amount to ‘the Lukanization of Russia‘, a reference to the Belarusian president.  Violations in the trial against Nemtsov make President Dmitry Medvedev’s legal reforms ‘look like a sham,‘ says a Moscow Times editorial.  A presidential aide says that Putin should let Medvedev seek re-election in 2012, suggesting that Putin’s return to the Kremlin could risk unrest similar to that faced by Tunisia this month. ‘Everyone is fed up at seeing the same face.‘  Moscow rights activist Konstantin Voyevodkin, a campaigner for cuts in utility tariffs, has been injured in a gunfire attack on his car.  Strategy 31 activists have applied for official permission to hold a demonstration in Moscow at the end of this month, expecting 1,500 people to take part, with the operations two main leaders, Lyudmila Alekseyeva and Eduard Limonov, planning as they did last month to hold separate gatherings due to an ongoing rift.