On Wednesday, the ex-head of YUKOS's training as a seamstress mechanic, for which he was assigned after arriving in the Chita colony in November last year, expires. And, despite the fact that Khodorkovsky categorically does not like sewing mittens, on February 1 he will have to take an exam at a specialized production. According to lawyer Natalya Terekhova, her client does not lose hope that the colony administration will change its anger to mercy and allow him to engage in scientific and methodological work.