The owner of Yukos, this was one of the biggest oil companies in Russia. ... The Russian government under Putin is said to be using Presumptive guilt as a weapon against opponents in order to accuse them of being criminals. ...
Khodorkovsky, the widely known oil tycoon, has really pushed up Putin's reputation. ... In 2013, Vladimir Putin managed to help Russia return to its previous state of power by securing Ukraine into Russia's sphere of influence and convincing Syria to place its chemical weapons into international control. ...
The owner of Yukos, this was one of the biggest oil companies in Russia. ... The Russian government under Putin is said to be using Presumptive guilt as a weapon against opponents in order to accuse them of being criminals. ...
An example of a hard power exercising military forces can be the invasion of Iraq by the US in 2003 over the concern of Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (UCLA International Institute, 2014). ... The sanctions were created to limit the US' investment in Iran's oil fields. ...
