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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, now residing in London.
Citizen K is a 2019 documentary film about Mikhail Khodorkovsky, written and directed by Alex Gibney. It is a film about post-Soviet Russia featuring Khodorkovsky, Anton Drel, Maria Logan, Alexei Navalny, Tatyana Lysova, Leonid Nevzlin, Igor Malashenko and Derk Sauer. Citizen K was financed by Amazon.
Dec 13, 2019 · The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, who rocketed to prosperity and prominence in the 1990s, served a decade in prison, and became an unlikely martyr for the anti-Putin movement.
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- Documentary
- Alex Gibney
- 2019-12-13
Sep 13, 2022 · Khodorkovsky was once the wealthiest person in Russia. But daring to stand up to Putin – over the president’s alleged corruption rather than his dress sense – led to the oil billionaire being arrested at gunpoint in 2003 and imprisoned on charges of fraud and tax evasion.
May 3, 2022 · Footage of the meeting, included in the 2019 documentary film Citizen K, shows Putin deprived of his usual calm, shifting in his seat, waving a pen as he furiously rebuts Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky’s arrest on 25 October 2003, when he was hauled from a Yukos plane at gunpoint, was a decisive moment for Russia’s business elite.
- Will Dunn
Jan 22, 2020 · Avoiding damning details, Citizen K casts its subject as a reformed sinner and even a fighter for justice against an evil President Vladimir Putin. From the beginning, there’s a significant ...
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Aug 31, 2019 · Mikhail Khodorkovsky's wild ride from oligarch to prisoner to anti-Putin dissident is rich material for Alex Gibney's latest deep-dive documentary.
