But Mr Medvedev is unlikely to stop the hostage-taking, corporateraids by state agencies, rent-seeking and corruption that have become part of a system.
The Center for Security Policy today called attention to the potentially serious national security consequences of corporateraids on companies performing vital functions for the Defense Department.
Then at the end of March a company controlled by Theodore Thornton sued Edelman, claiming he had "misappropriated assets" belonging to Museum Partners, an investment partnership Edelman had set up more than a decade ago for one of his last corporateraids.