![]() ![]() “It took me a long time to understand that Putin was a cunning liar and hypocrite,” the 59-year-old Moscow businessman and outspoken Kremlin critic explains from his home in London, where he currently lives in political exile. In return, the Russian president promised not to interfere in their business affairs. Putin asked the wealthy elite not to use their money or power to cause trouble for the government by inciting protests. ![]() They met at a barbecue in Moscow, where Putin floated the idea of a non-aggression pact between the Kremlin and Russia’s richest oligarchs. Putin had recently made his inaugural speech as President of the Russian Federation. Khodorkovsky was then Russia’s wealthiest individual. Mikhail Khodorkovsky remembers the moment back when Vladimir Putin turned against him. JP O’Malley Mikhail Khodorkovsky visiting Eastern Ukraine in 2014 to meet with local businessmen and members of the public regarding the political crisis there. Jailed for being too political, Mikhail Khodorkovsky says it will take a generation for Russia to recover from Putin’s vicious and disastrous rule ![]()
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