News Analysis: Moves Against Khodorkovsky`s Open Russia Seen As Move To Control Elections
(World News Russia)

MOSCOW -- A decision by the Russian prosecutor-general to blacklist three foreign-registered organizations tied to former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky could restrict the opposition`s options in looming elections. The government on April 26 officially added the U.K.-registered Open Russia and Open Russia Civic Movement and the U.S.-based Institute of Modern Russia to the list of "undesirable" foreign organizations whose activities are banned in Russia. The Russia-registered Open Russia organizations are not directly affected by the decision. However, Maria Baronova, head of the Moscow branch of the Russian Open Russia group, reported on April 27 that law...