In the colony they welcomed me with dogs. They drove across the line. Purely Gestapo / GORDON

The Russian businessman and opposition politician Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in an interview with the founder of the Internet publication “GORDON” Dmitry Gordon, said that when he arrived in the colony, he was greeted with dogs and chased through the line.

“I lived until I was 27 in the Soviet Union. Until 1999, every penny went into business. Every penny. In 2000, it got a little easier, and by 2003 I was already seated. So I didn’t have time to test a yacht of luxury or other pleasures. … There were no palaces. So, from the everyday point of view, the prison was not a problem, “said the businessman.

He pointed out that some of the colony’s employees were normal people.

“Good, [встретили] with dogs. All good. They drove across the line. Purely the Gestapo. In any case, they were playing Gestapo, but some are normal men … Our people are good. They are simply being forced into a situation where they are forced to play by shitty rules. And the people are good. And if they can help, they try to help, “says Khodorkovsky.

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Khodorkovsky in 1997– 2004 was co-owner of Russian Yukos oil company. In 2004, according to the Russian Forbes, with the state $ 15.2 billion was the richest businessman in Russia.

In 2003, Russian law enforcement officers opened a criminal case against Yukos. for tax evasion, in the same year, Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev were arrested. Sentenced businessmen at the age of nine in prison (later the court reduced their terms to eight years), and the YUKOS company went through bankruptcy and was liquidated in 2007.

In 2009, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev received new charges in the second YUKOS case – the theft of shares in the subsidiaries of the oil company with the subsequent legalization of part of the money. In 2010, they were sentenced to 14 years in prison (then the terms were reduced to 11 years).

In December 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Khodorkovsky, immediately after his release, the businessman left Russia and now lives with his family in the UK. Generally behind bars Khodorkovsky spent 10 years. Now, several more criminal cases are being investigated against him in the Russian Federation, in particular the so-called third YUKOS case (on theft of oil and legalization of stolen property to obtain funds from its sale), as well as the case of the murder of the Mayor of Nefteyugansk in 1998. Khodorkovsky does not admit guilt in the crimes for which he was charged.

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