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Today is the 50th anniversary of MBH
Today Khodorkovsky is 50 years old. For me, this man played a very important role in my life. I only spoke with his parents a few times, but I understand well why he is the way he is. It’s hard for MBH now, but it’s harder for them...
I wrote MBH a little congratulations. I don't know if he will read it. If he doesn’t read it, I’ll hand it over personally next fall. Despite everything, today I want to believe that this will happen.
Dear Mikhail Borisovich!
Happy Birthday to you!
I know that you are currently inundated with letters, and I will be brief.
When I joined the company, you had just turned 35, and I was 23. I remember that birthday of yours - they gave you a “gift” in Nefteyugansk. Our favorite company NTV, which you helped save in 2001, has just reminded us of it. That day I was in Nefteyugansk as an employee of Schlumberger... I then made a decision about my future life. Going to Yukos was a challenge. I made this decision for two reasons: because of the challenge and because you were in charge. All my friends in Lukoil, Surgut, etc. were pointing their fingers at their heads: a bankrupt company with an unprofessional at its head. I have never regretted my decision and I am proud of that decision.
One thing was confusing. You have said several times that after 35 you will retire. Probably, the crisis of 1998 helped - you soon said that you were postponing your retirement to your fortieth birthday, and I breathed a sigh of relief)))
You turned 40 in 2003. Pichugin was already detained, Platon was detained soon. A new stage began, which continues to this day.
Again, all my friends said that you would make a deal and flee the country. But - you, of course, don’t remember - when you introduced me to politics, I spoke with Boris Moiseevich. After that conversation, I knew for sure: you won’t run away. Don't abandon people and go to the end. I knew, and yet your position was an important lesson for me.
You cannot imagine with what enthusiasm I read your “left turns”. I saw a like-minded person. The shock of the liberal public, which still has not understood what was written... Maybe that is why I also did not give up, did not leave and did not leave politics, no matter how difficult it was. I knew it was more difficult for you and believed that I was not alone.
Thank you for this, thank you for my life, thank you for the sense of the horizon, which is always unattainable and to which we must go.
Happy birthday!