Putin critic: Mikhail Khodorkovsky in an interview: "Almost the entire Russian elite is against the war"
The former Russian oligarch explains what the Russian parliamentary election reveals, how he assesses Putin's mental state and what he considers to be the West's "fundamental thinking error".
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has spoken out about Russia's war in Ukraine and Putin's strategy towards the West. Khodorkovsky, who has lived in London in exile for years, believes that as long as China continues to supply Russia, the country's economy will not collapse and Putin will be able to continue the war.
He thinks Putin is waiting for Europe to give up its support for Kyiv, and that the West is making a "fundamental mistake" in believing Putin is looking for a way out of the war. Khodorkovsky estimates that 15% of the Russian population opposes the war, and that Putin will need to mobilize more troops, likely targeting students and engineers, which could lead to protests from the middle class in larger cities.
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