Herr Khodorkovsky, Cafe “Kastanienbaum” begrüßt Sie

Prematurely released (as the extension of his sentence was clearly being cooked up) Khodorkovsky found freedom in Germany… The situation reminds me of a chapter from 1984 where Winston remembers failed revolutionaries, pardoned by Big Brother and drowning in gin their last days of ‘freedom’ in the Chestnut Tree Cafe.  We know what follows.  /*