^^Good to hear, Alex!

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IMO, the court system is corrupt in general, however it works reliable enough for ordinary cases. But if a case is about big money, influential officials or the government, you have no chance.
Sounds a bit like the United States, to me. All you need to get acquitted, is an expensive lawyer who can manipulate the people in the jury. On the other hand, for some ghetto guy with a publically assigned lawyer, the guilt is assumed - and then they are sent to privately!!! owned prisons.

One thing about the Russian criminal system that makes sense to me, is to make the prisoners do proper work - things that really need doing.
Of course, the conditions should be reasonable.

Re "five star prisons" in Russia. I don't know anything about it other than what I saw on TV in connection with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. He seemed to be set up with a little office in prison and had a revolving door for CNN and others who wanted to interview him in prison. After hearing a lot about terrible prison conditions in Russia, that was a bit surprising. If there is such a thing as a "five star prison" in Russia, then that was where he was... The fact that he gave interviews throughout his time in prison also refutes the idea that he was imprisoned on political grounds to shut him up.

Btw, does Russia have jury trials?