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Nov 11, 2024 | 
koerber-stiftung.de | Mikhail Khodorkovsky |Norbert Röttgen |Steven Guilbeault |Tara Varma
Reliably Unreliable? Germany’s Struggle for StandingWhat do Germans und US citizens think about the most pressing foreign policy issues? Here are the highlights of this year’s public opinion survey, addressing Germany’s international role, biggest challenges and most important partners.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
The trial of the American journalist Evan Gershkovich will begin behind closed doors in a Russian court on Wednesday. Gershkovich has been held on spurious espionage charges since March last year. As his sham trial begins, my heart goes out to him, his family, friends and colleagues — victims like so many before them of the arbitrary nature of justice in Putin’s Russia. I know better than most that there are no fair trials under this regime.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
khodorkovsky.com | Garry Kasparov |Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Share: By Garry Kasparov and Mikhail KhodorkovskyThe war in Ukraine is now well into its third year, and Western support for the country has faltered dangerously. While the U.S. Congress did pass an aid bill after months of fitful negotiations, the assistance came late — and at great cost. In the interim, Russia took advantage of Kyiv’s shortfall in munitions, dramatically intensifying the shelling of key cities.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Garry Kasparov |Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Garry Kasparov is a Russian opposition leader who founded and chairs the Renew Democracy Initiative. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former political prisoner and CEO of Yukos Oil company, is the author of “How to Slay a Dragon: Building a New Russia After Putin.”The war in Ukraine is now well into its third year, and Western support for the country has faltered dangerously. While the U.S. Congress did pass an aid bill after months of fitful negotiations, the assistance came late — and at great cost.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
repubblica.it | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
politico.eu | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
So, how did the world respond to this violation of a neighbor’s sovereignty? U.S. President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call, as did then European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. France and Germany avoided using the word “congratulate,” but wished Putin success in his next six years in office. And then, the world traveled to Russia for the football World Cup, the 21st century equivalent of the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin Among world leaders, Vladimir Putin is possibly the easiest to analyse. The one thing you need to keep in mind is: every single thing that Putin does, he does it for staying in power.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Among world leaders, Vladimir Putin is possibly the easiest to analyse. The one thing you need to keep in mind is: every single thing that Putin does, he does it for staying in power. Cracking down on the opposition, eliminating dissent, stifling the free press and keeping businesses in check – all of this is pursuit of the sole goal: to stay in power. Even the invasion of Ukraine, which many tend to see from an imperialist or colonial angle, is rooted in domestic, not foreign policy, objectives.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
almendron.com | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
In October 2003, Russian special forces stormed a plane in Siberia and arrested me. I spent the next 10 years imprisoned at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin on politically motivated, trumped-up charges. On Dec. 20, 2013, Putin released me — but he continues to hold Russia and the world hostage to this day. Putin has transitioned from corrupt autocrat to expansionist fascist dictator, heralding a global rise in tyranny and populism and a more dangerous, less free world.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
washingtonpost.com | Mikhail Khodorkovsky
CommentSaveMikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of the Russian oil company Yukos, served 10 years in a Russian prison and now supports political opposition projects in exile. He is the author of “How to Slay a Dragon: Building a New Russia After Putin.”In October 2003, Russian special forces stormed a plane in Siberia and arrested me. I spent the next 10 years imprisoned at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin on politically motivated, trumped-up charges. On Dec.
