Khodorkovsky made a public report (available on YouTube) criticizing state company corruption, using as an example 400 million dollars embezzled from a state company; it became clear during this report that Putin had already decided against the open-market reform faction.
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Mikhail KhodorkovskyEvidence Quote
“I had used one of the examples when a state company lost 400 million dollars in a very blatant way they were just embezzled from that company Putin Australia so as I was making that report it became clear to me that Putin had already taken a decision and that decision was not to go the way we wanted”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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