ROMIR posts results of opinion poll on jailed YUKOS former head

Thirty-eight percent of Russians believe Mikhail Khodorkovsky's resignation from the Russian oil giant YUKOS will not shelter him from prosecution, according to a public opinion poll conducted by ROMIR. Thirty-four percent of the respondents said given such heavy charges Khodorkovsky was not in a position to run the business, and eighteen percent of the pollees argued that the charges were true. Ten percent of the respondents remained undecided.

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For the question "If Khodorkovsky voluntarily decides to pay all taxes he is accused of evading, should he be discharged for tax evasion or not?" sixty-eight percent of the respondents answered that if the court decided Khodorkovsky was guilty he should be punished; twenty-four percent of the respondents believe his case should be dismissed, and 8 percent of the pollees remained undecided.

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