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  1. Khodorkovsky with the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on 20 December 2002. Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (Russian: Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil xədɐrˈkofskʲɪj]; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist ...

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  2. May 5, 2024 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a Russian oil tycoon and, at one time, was the richest man in Russia. He was imprisoned in 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion. One of Russia’s famed “oligarchs,” he was convicted of those crimes and others before being released in 2013.

  3. Summary Biography. A successful businessman, Khodorkovsky was head of YUKOS, one of the world’s largest oil producers, where he established international management codes of practice, and substantially increased production. As a pioneering philanthropist, he established the Open Russia Foundation in 2001 with the aim of building and ...

  4. Jun 19, 2022 · When Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a boy in the Soviet Union, he spent summers with his great-grandmother in Kharkiv. “It was a long time ago, and I thought I’d forgotten all those years,” he says.

  5. Feb 20, 2024 · FILE - Exiled Russian businessman and opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky poses during an interview in London, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. An Amsterdam court on Tuesday rejected Russia’s final argument in a years-long legal battle over a $50 billion arbitration award that is centered on claims by former shareholders that the Kremlin deliberately bankrupted Russian oil giant Yukos to silence ...

  6. Jul 14, 2023 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky, born in 1963, led Yukos, once the world’s largest oil company, as chairman of the board for many years and was also a billionaire. In 2001, he founded the Open Russia ...

  7. Oct 16, 2023 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky was among some 50 leading Russian opposition figures who signed a joint declaration in April denouncing the invasion of Ukraine and proclaiming Putin's government ...

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