Russia accuses Khodorkovsky and other exiled Kremlin critics of conspiring to seize power
Russia's Federal Security Service accused Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 Anti-War Committee members of terrorism and plotting a violent government overthrow, with potential life sentences if convicted.
- Russia's Federal Security Service opened a criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other critics, accusing them of plotting to seize power and forming a terrorist organization.
- The investigation includes 22 members of the Russian Antiwar Committee, which opposes the war in Ukraine.
- Khodorkovsky denied the accusations, calling them absolutely false and stating their work is public and humanitarian.
- He claimed that the Kremlin views the Council of Europe initiative as a significant threat to its power.
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Russia steps up assault on anti-war exiles, accusing them of terrorism - The Boston Globe
Russia's main intelligence agency on Tuesday announced a sweeping terrorism investigation into nearly two dozen anti-war Russians, escalating the Kremlin's onslaught against exiled critics of the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia accuses Kremlin critics, antiwar activists of plotting coup
Russia has opened an investigation into Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 others for allegedly plotting a coup against President Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky, who was once held as a prisoner for 10 years on charges that many alleged were politically motivated, is now being probed for his ties to the Russian Anti-War Committee and its…
Businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the richest man in Russia and the former head of the Yukos oil giant who now lives in exile in Israel, is on trial in Russia for allegedly founding a “terrorist” organization aimed at overthrowing the Russian government. The FSB, the Russian secret service, announced this on Tuesday, adding that other people including legendary chess player Garry Kasparov and former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov a…
The anti-war committee of Putin's opponent and former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky accuses the regime of violent overturning intentions. The action has to do with the Ukraine war.
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