{"id":3285,"date":"2025-10-14T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/russia-charges-exiled-oligarch-khodorkovsky-with-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:37:33","slug":"russia-charges-exiled-oligarch-khodorkovsky-with-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/russia-charges-exiled-oligarch-khodorkovsky-with-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia charges exiled oligarch Khodorkovsky with \u2018terrorism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2013\/12\/20\/profile-mikhail-khodorkovsky\">Mikhail Khodorkovsky<\/a>, accusing him of creating a \u201cterrorist organisation\u201d and plotting to violently seize power.<\/p>\n<p>The FSB said on Tuesday that the charges relate to the activities of a Khodorkovsky-backed group that opposes the war in Ukraine. Numerous individuals and groups inside and outside Russia have been prosecuted as the Kremlin has cracked down on even the smallest sign of dissent concerning its narrative of the invasion of its neighbour.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/2\/25\/russia-praises-us-votes-in-un-siding-with-russia\">Russia praises US votes in UN siding with Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/14\/brazils-lula-urges-russias-putin-to-go-to-istanbul-and-negotiate\">Putin not included on Russia\u2019s list for Ukraine talks in Turkiye<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/11\/7\/russias-putin-says-ready-for-dialogue-with-courageous-trump\">Russia\u2019s Putin says ready for dialogue with \u2018courageous\u2019 Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Khodorkovsky or his Anti-War Committee, which has been banned in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The oil tycoon, once Russia\u2019s richest man, served 10 years in a Siberian prison on fraud charges that he and many Western countries \u2013 where his incarceration became a cause celebre \u2013 said were politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Khodorkovsky rose to prominence as one of a handful of wealthy businessmen who backed former President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s, gaining huge power over the Russian economy as a result.<\/p>\n<p>He fell from grace as Yeltsin\u2019s successor, Vladimir Putin, tightened the Kremlin\u2019s grip on previously independent-minded business figures.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the remaining members of the group became loyal supporters of Putin. However, some fled, including Roman Abramovich.<\/p>\n<p>Abramovich\u2019s former mentor, Boris Berezovsky, also fled to the United Kingdom, where he became a staunch critic of the Russian president. Russian courts handed down <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2009\/6\/26\/russia-sentences-exiled-tycoon\">numerous sentences<\/a> against him during his time in exile until his death, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2013\/3\/28\/uk-to-open-inquiry-into-berezovsky-death\">ruled a suicide<\/a> despite some doubt, in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Khodorkovsky left Russia after being released from jail that same year, thanks to a presidential pardon granted on the basis that he would not engage in politics.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Putin\u2019s spokesperson accused Khodorkovsky of failing to keep his end of the deal after a Moscow court imposed a fine on the exiled tycoon for administrative violations.<\/p>\n<p>Legislation against discrediting the Russian military was introduced after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It has repeatedly been used by Russia\u2019s courts to jail and silence Putin\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a court in St Petersburg <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/11\/17\/russian-artist-jailed-for-seven-years-over-anti-war-price-tag-protest\">jailed Sasha Skochilenko<\/a>, an artist and musician, for seven years for swapping supermarket price tags for those with antiwar messages.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022, Khodorkovsky has positioned himself as a leading figure among Russian exiles who back Kyiv against Moscow. Shortly after the war\u2019s outbreak, he was designated a \u201cforeign agent\u201d by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Khodorkovsky said Russia is a \u201cfully fledged totalitarian dictatorship\u201d and he wants to \u201cfight for a Russia governed by the rule of law and political pluralism\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accusing him of creating a \u201cterrorist organisation\u201d and plotting to violently seize power. 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