These are more notional than real, as the farcical second show trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil boss and a Putin rival, which is taking place on Mr Medvedev's watch, demonstrates.

这些不同只存在于与想象中，而非现实，就如对前石油大亨也是普金竞争对手米哈伊尔?霍多尔科夫斯基的第二次审判所证明的那样，这场滑稽剧般的审判秀就在梅德韦杰夫的注视下进行。