Mikhail Khodorkovsky: In front of me is the goal of changing the country

Mikhail Khodorkovsky told Medusa about his goals, relations with Navalny, the place of Kadyrov in the Russian authorities, “Open Russia”

Mikhail Khodorkovsky states that his goal is not to climb to the top of the pyramid, but to change the country to bring it out of isolation, to return political and economic competition.

The former head of the Yukos spoke in an interview with Meduza, who was created by Khodorkovsky Public Organization in an interview with Medusa, in an interview with Medusa, about his purposes, relations with Alexei Navalny and a democratic opposition , the place of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in the system of the current Russian government.

Khodorkovsky insists that he is a public, not a politician, that he is not tuning to compete with the opposition politician Alexei Navalny . According to Khodorkovsky, they move with Navalny in different planes. “He has one goal from the point of view of personal ambitions, I have another,” said Khodorkovsky, emphasizing that he does not see himself in the country's administrative-political life for a long time that comes to power as a result of elections.

Commenting on the situation with the latest statements by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov , Khodorkovsky said that this was a demonstration that the Second Chechen War was lost by Russia, and the Caucasian policy of Putin President Putin entered "us all the wrong way." According to the ex-head of the Yukos, a “territorially separate ethnic criminal group” was created in Russia, which strives to spread its influence throughout the country.

Khodorkovsky tied the recent searches in the Open Russia office with the filming of the film about Kadyrov, about its place in the system of the current government. “What Kadyrov does is the destruction of the state. This is dual power, this is the excitement of national problems, ”Khodorkovsky said.