Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovskyis an exiled Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch, now resident in Switzerland...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth26 June 1963
CountryRussian Federation
deal happy telling
There is no deal, but when there is a deal we will make you happy by telling you,
hard-work income your-future
The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work.
fighting today management
Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.
dream fate ukraine
Putin doesn't need Donbass (east Ukraine). He wants to determine the fate of the world at talks with a U.S. President, putin is dreaming of getting a deal with the United States about a new-old order for the world, when the world is split on zone of influence. When you cannot interfere in someone else's zone. Not even to mention internal politics.
government president today
I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.
parent factories
My parents were Muscovites. They worked at the Kaliber factory.
ordinary prisoner
I'm not an ordinary prisoner.
furniture heavy dependable
I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture.
conviction
I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth.
guilt crime
To admit guilt for nonexistent crimes is unacceptable to me.
home relaxation
I have to travel a lot, but relaxation to me is when I am at home.
moving russia goal
Russia on its path has oftentimes discussed and overdiscussed what had happened earlier, instead of moving forward. The result is always the same: It is very difficult to move forward when you're looking backward.
essence duration today
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.
party views political
Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.