Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russian businessman and former oligarch
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| January 20 2025 | Posted pictures of himself at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC during the second inauguration of Donald Trump. |
| June 24 2023 | Wrote in support of the Wagner Group mutiny, urging citizens to help the mutineers. |
| April 30 2023 | Signed a joint declaration with other exiles in Berlin, declaring the Putin regime as 'illegitimate and criminal' and needing to be eliminated. |
| 2022 | Co-authored 'The Russian Conundrum: How the West Fell for Putin's Power Gambit—And How to Fix It' with Martin Sixsmith, providing critical analysis of Russian politics and Western engagement. |
| November 2022 | Published a book titled 'HOW DO YOU SLAY A DRAGON? A Manual for Start-Up Revolutionaries'. |
| May 2022 | Participated in the 8th 'Russia Forum' in Vilnius, discussing strategies to challenge Putin's government. |
| May 20 2022 | Designated as 'foreign agent' by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. |
| January 14 2020 | The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia violated multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in Khodorkovsky's case. |
| November 2017 | Launched the Dossier Center to map the network of people supporting Putin. |
| September 2016 | Launched the 'Instead of Putin' website where visitors can vote for alternatives to Putin. |
| 2014 | Published his book 'My Fellow Prisoners', a collection of sketches about his life in prison. |
| December 2 2014 | Addressed the European Parliament. |
| October 2014 | Visited the U.S., delivering keynote addresses at Freedom House in Washington, D.C. and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. |
| September 20 2014 | Officially relaunched the Open Russia movement through a live teleconference, aiming to unite pro-European Russians and challenge Putin's power. |
| July 2014 | Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the Russian government deliberately bankrupted Yukos and should repay shareholders approximately $50 billion. |
| May 2014 | Received an award from former Polish president Lech Wałęsa for efforts to reform Russian civil society. |
| March 2014 | Presented with 'Man of the Year' award by Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. |
| March 9 2014 | Spoke at Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv, accusing the Russian government of complicity in protesters' killings. |
| December 20 2013 | Khodorkovsky was pardoned and released from prison, simultaneously with members of the Pussy Riot protest group. |
| February 14 2011 | Natalya Vasilyeva, an assistant to Judge Viktor Danilkin, claimed the trial verdict was not written by the judge and was 'brought from the Moscow City Court'. |
| December 27 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment in a verdict delayed from the originally scheduled date of 15 December. |
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