Let the deliberations begin

Mikhail Khodorkovsky's trial nears its conslusion as the court's deliberations begin, following a rousing closing argument by the erstwhile oil tycoon himself. I've posted on this case, and the damage it's doing to Russia's economy, below. For now, I will only remark on how impressive it is that 10 months in a courtroom cage do not seem to have diminished the defendant's vim and vigor nearly as much as it has diminished foreign investors' perceptions of Russia.