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'Paranoid' Putin travels in armoured train and fears poisoning over Kremlin power struggle

The latest claims were made by Yury Shvets, 71, a former colleague of Putin's who studied with the despot at the KGB Institute. Shvets is now a US citizen leaving Russia after publishing a book describing his exploits

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If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, NATO borders will 'no longer be an obstacle', warns Khodorkovsky

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who served 10 years in prison on tax and fraud charges that many believe were politically motivated, spoke to FRANCE 24 from London, where he now lives in exile. Khodorkovsky said that while a "direct confrontation with NATO" was not part of Russian President…

France 24

World War 3 is only way to halt Vladimir Putin and 'stopping for him is death'

The terrifying warning was made by exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky who now lives in Britain after falling foul of Putin. In 2001 he founded Open Russia, an organisation advocating democracy and human rights

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia continues its relentless assault on Ukraine’s power grid; Putin rejoins UN grain export deal in humiliating U-turn; Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

The Guardian - AU

Russia’s Wagner Group ‘have as much power in Kremlin as ministers’

Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells UK parliamentary group of ‘terrorism’ threat

The Guardian - UK

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone review – ingenious, essential viewing from Adam Curtis

Showing everyone from reindeer herders to scientists wrapping themselves in sticky tape to head into Chernobyl, this fine series traces the latterday Russian revolution that brought in a kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin

The Guardian - UK

Exiled Russian calls on those still in country to ‘sabotage’ Putin’s war

Mikhail Khodorkovsky claims ‘armed resistance’ may play role, although critics say mass opposition unlikely

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Gorbachev's marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

When Mikhail Gorbachev is buried Saturday at a Moscow cemetery he will once again be next to his wife, Raisa

The Independent UK

Commentary: Russian opposition leader exhibits bravery while Cruz and Hawley offer profiles in cowardice

The most courageous man in the world is locked up in a Moscow prison — his life in the balance.

Chicago Tribune

West too late with Russian sanctions, says exiled Russian oligarch

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a longstanding Putin critic who was once the richest man in Russia

Evening Standard

West should have armed Ukraine years ago to avoid Russian invasion, says exiled oligarch

The former oligarch-turned-dissident says Western governments bear ‘significant responsibility’ for the conflict in Ukraine, having failed to take action after the annexation of Crimea in 2014

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin will start war with Nato if Ukraine invasion succeeds, Russian dissident warns

Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that “domestic problems” could force Mr Putin into a military confrontation with the west

Evening Standard

‘We can’t live with people who support Putin’s war’: the TV chief who fled Russia

When journalists faced jail for reporting on Ukraine, Viktor Muchnik closed down his Siberian TV station and left for Armenia

The Guardian - UK

Military history is repeating for Russia under Putin's regime of thieves

In explaining the reasons for Russia’s unexpected military weakness in Ukraine, few have expressed it better than The Economist. The magazine noted “the incurable inadequacy of despotic power” and “the cheating, bribery and peculation” that is “characteristic of the entire administration”.

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Russia adds Kasparov and Khodorkovsky to 'foreign agents' list

The Russian Justice Ministry on Friday added ex-world chess champion Garry Kasparov and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, both prominent critics of the government, to the list of individuals acting as foreign agents, according the ministry's website.

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Journalist says Britain has become a safe deposit box for oligarchs' ill-gotten gains

Butler to the Word author Oliver Bullough says the UK has developed a system of bankers, lawyers, accountants and PR managers who work to help Russian kleptocrats hide their wealth.

ABC News

What is an oligarch? The circle of businessmen who made their wealth after the fall of the Soviet Union

Some of Russia's richest and most powerful men have been described as oligarchs. But what does the term really mean and why is the West so fascinated with them?

Tribune News Service

Ex-oligarch says Putin sees war with the West already underway

The U.S. and its Western allies fail to understand that from President Vladimir Putin’s perspective, they are already at war with Russia, said Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the exiled former head of Yukos Oil Co. who was once the country’s richest person.

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Vladimir Putin 'driven insane' when Ukrainians didn't meet troops 'with flowers'

Exiled Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky claims President Vladimir Putin went "literally insane" after Ukrainians didn't meet his troops with open arms in Kharkiv

The Independent UK

Exiled oligarch calls on Russian tycoons to declare Putin ‘war criminal’ over Ukraine

‘Public figures cannot leave quietly and then sit quietly,’ Mr Khodorkovsky said

Daily Mirror

Exiled Russian oligarch warns what Putin's next steps may be in 'war with NATO'

Mikhail Khodorkovsky said the Russian President is 'at war with the US and NATO' and says if Putin decides he's won the war with Ukraine, it might not be the 'last step'

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future

In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amid Russia’s New Crackdowns, Small Signs of Defiance Emerge

When Alexei Navalny was arrested in January 2021, tens of thousands of Russians filled the streets in protest, demanding that the top Kremlin critic be released and chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin. Thousands were arrested. In the months since then, Navalny was given 2½ years in prison. His organization,…

The Independent UK

Amid Russia's new crackdowns, small signs of defiance emerge

Russia has unleashed a harsh crackdown on dissent over the past year by imprisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalny and silencing his supporters and his organization

The Guardian - UK

History demands the west deploy every legal and financial weapon against Putin

His regime and all those complicit in war crimes must be held accountable – starting now, says Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of the Open Russia movement

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