But Mr Medvedev is unlikely to stop the hostage-taking, corporate raids by state agencies, rent-seeking and corruption that have become part of a system.

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The Center for Security Policy today called attention to the potentially serious national security consequences of corporate raids on companies performing vital functions for the Defense Department.

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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 corporate raids.

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