Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been many things: a Communist Party youth group leader who became one of post-Soviet Russia’s first billionaires, thanks to a controversial, corruption-riddled privatization process; a philanthropist who, in 2001, established Open Russia, a foundation dedicated to building and strengthening civil society in Russia.
He also has been a prisoner, having spent 10 years behind bars on charges of tax evasion, embezzlement and money laundering before being pardoned last December by the man widely believed responsible for putting him there — President Vladimir Putin.
The former oil tycoon, who now lives in exile in Switzerland, announced last month that he …read more
Source: Voice of America
