Khodorkovsky slams ‘naked king’ Putin
Former YUKOS tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says Russia’s economy will weaken further. |||
London – Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Thursday Vladimir Putin was a “naked king” presiding over an economy that will weaken further, eventually provoking a battle between rival clans in Moscow. “Putin with bare chest isn’t a mighty leader: He is a naked king,” Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man who was arrested in 2003 after falling foul of Putin only to be released in 2013, told an audience in London. Khodorkovsky, who once controlled Russia’s biggest oil company, YUKOS, said the Russian …read more
Source: Independent Online
