By 2003, Khodorkovsky and others recognized that Russia had reached a breaking point where there would be serious change; they were attempting to create joint ventures with American companies and be part of global supply chains, but this conflicted with others who wanted Russia to remain closed so they could accumulate wealth through corruption.
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“we felt in 2003 that the country had come to an age to a sort of breaking point there was going to be some kind of change foreign for instance we wanted to be part of the global Supply chains we wanted to create joint companies ourselves we wanted to create a joint company with the Americans yes on the other hand there were those who thought it would be better for them if the if the country was a closed country because that would allow us them to accumulate wealth as part of their corruption these interests were incompatible”
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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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