"Exiled tycoon the latest in a long line of people charged for opposing Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, accusing him of creating a terrorist organisation and plotting to violently seize power. The FSB said on Tuesday that the charges relate to the activities of a Khodorkovsky-backed group that opposes the war in Ukraine."
"There was no immediate comment from Khodorkovsky or his Anti-War Committee, which has been banned in Russia. The oil tycoon, once Russia's richest man, served 10 years in a Siberian prison on fraud charges that he and many Western countries where his incarceration became a cause celebre said were politically motivated. 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."
Russian security services have opened a criminal case accusing exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky of creating a terrorist organisation and plotting to violently seize power. The charges are connected to 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 dissent regarding its invasion narrative. Khodorkovsky's Anti-War Committee has been banned and he gave no immediate comment. The oil tycoon served 10 years in a Siberian prison on fraud charges widely seen as politically motivated and left Russia after a presidential pardon conditioned on avoiding politics.
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