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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Guy Faulconbridge

Khodorkovsky says only revolution can topple Russia's Putin

FILE PHOTO: Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky poses for a pictured after an interview with Reuters in central London, Britain, January 18, 2021. REUTERS / Henry Nicholls

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man before he fell foul of the Kremlin, said on Friday that only revolution would topple Vladimir Putin, and he expected the Kremlin chief to crack down further on dissent at home after invading Ukraine.

Khodorkovsky, who under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s became one of Russia's most powerful oligarchs, said he doubted that the Russian people supported the invasion.

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