The Russian Kremlin critic and ex-oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky lives in exile in London – and is working there on a plan for the time after Putin. Above all, he demands one thing from the West: more weapons for Ukraine.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky receives guests in a small old building in London’s City of Westminster, which he uses as an office. The ex-oligarch has a slight cold and speaks in a husky voice. In the tastefully furnished conference room there is a shelf with classics of Russian literature such as Chekhov and Lermontov. A chess set is set up on a small round table, ready for the game – although Khodorkovsky says he is not playing at all.
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Source: Stern