Khodorkovsky: “If I had known about the years I would have to spend in prison, I would have shot myself right away”
Former head of YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who will turn 50 in a couple of days, said in an interview with The New Times that he would have shot himself if he had known what awaited him after his arrest in Novosibirsk 10 years ago. Answering the magazine’s question about how he would have decided his fate, knowing how the next 10 years would pass, Khodorkovsky said: “I’m afraid I would have shot myself.