White Collar Crimes: Medvedev Makes a Pitch for his Cronies………
“Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on courts on Friday to impose fewer jail sentences for crimes related to the world of business. Recalling the Soviet era, when people found themselves in jail for insignificant offenses, the Russian president said such practices should be abandoned in modern Russia."Criminal responsibility for economic offenses should be treated in a very varied manner," he said. However Medvedev told ruling United Russia party members that jail sentences should always be handed out "when were are talking about crimes against individuals or against state security." Medvedev's comments come after former Yukos oil major CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, currently serving an eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion and facing new charges, recently went on hunger strike saying a decree put forward by the president had been violated………..”
I don’t know about this. Tovarisch Gospodyen Medvedev is wrong here, or maybe he wants to protect a certain group of people. If a few more people were looking toward a long stretch in prison in the United States, maybe there will be no repeat of the mal-practices that led to the financial crash and almost destroyed the economy. Maybe there will be less of a chance for a repeat in, oh, about 10-15 years. If a teenager who shoplifts a candy bar can go to jail or the equivalent, why not a mature man who steals, effectively, millions?
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