QUESTION 1 Judging by the documentary Khodorkovsky, this former oligarch was not

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QUESTION 1

Judging by the documentary Khodorkovsky, this former oligarch was not allowed to communicate with the world outside his jail cell.

True

False

QUESTION 2

Russians who opposed the early Bolshevik regime and fled Russia (settling in London, Paris, or New York) around 1917, are traditionally called...

Red Russians (or the Reds)

Orange Russians (hence the term "Orange Revolution")

White Russians (or the Whites)

Blue Russians

QUESTION 3

In Russia both the state and society have been traditionally suspicious of business. In fact, according to a 2003 poll, 45% of Russians saw the influence of big business on the economy as negative; 49% saw the infuence of big business on politics as negative as well.

True

False

QUESTION 4

Mikhail Khodorkovasky, a former oil tycoon and once the richest man in Russia, is currently still imprisoned in Siberia.

True

False

QUESTION 5

During the Soviet era the Soviet government "owned" large oil companies. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1995 - 96 the government sold these key oil companies to...

large corporations in Japan and China

Western companies (e.g. Amoco or BP)

politically-favored Russian businessmen

members of Boris Yeltsin's family

QUESTION 6

In August 1998, during the dramatic economic collapse, the ruble lost ____________% of its value.

75

1,000

50

100

QUESTION 7

Soviet economy was...

market economy with "Soviet characteristics"

centralized, top-down command economy

market economy

an oligarchy

QUESTION 8

Soon after Vladimir's Putin ascend to Russian presidency, the oligarchs as a class have completely disappeared.

True

False

QUESTION 9

During his youth, Khodorkovsky was very active within the Komsomol organization.

True

False

QUESTION 10

Moscow News weekly was...

founded in 1930 by Joseph Stalin as a propaganda rag for foreigners, and became one of the first liberal papers under Gorbachev

founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the early 21st century through his charitable foundation, Open Russia

founded during Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika as the first liberal voice of the Soviet Union

founded by Nikita Khrushchev during the Thaw as an important liberal voice of the Soviet Union

QUESTION 11

Some scholars and politicians believe that Khodorkovsky was released as a public-relations gesture before the Sochi Olympics in 2013

True

False

QUESTION 12

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was never involved in politics and never had any political ambitions.

True

False

QUESTION 13

CNN news clip that opens up the Khodorkovsky documentary states that Khodorkovsky was a "patron to Russian political parties." Which of the parties listed below did Khodorkovsky support (financially)?

NASHI

Yabloko

United Russia

Communist Party

Explanation / Answer

Q1. False, though communication with outside world was very difficult, but still Khodorkovsky could communicate by writing letters and phone calls for 15 minutes once a week.

Q2 – White Russians or White émigré

Q3 – True , This is according to 2003 ROMIR poll .

Q4 – False . Khodorkovsky was released in 2013 and is now living in exile in Switzerland.

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