Putin stays, reforms go: Khodorkovsky

If Vladimir Putin remains Russia's paramount leader, hopes for reform will be extinguished and Russia's brightest people will emigrate in droves, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky told Reuters from jail.

Not scared: Former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks from jail.
Not scared: Former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks from jail.
Published 19 September 2011, 03:00Updated 11 October 2016, 09:01
Eastern Europe