“I think that a president of Russia as head of state should be strong enough to cement the country, guarantee the unity of the nation”, said Khodorkovsky. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on September 12, 2005.
On those September days of 2005, the liberal community read with abandon the newspaper “Zavtra”, which until the fall of 2005 its representatives had called “the mouthpiece of the red-brown plague”. But one had to smother his own voice – on the pages of this publication emerged the beacon of liberalism Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky who by some unknown way answered the question posed by Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov. In this massive text, interesting things were expressed which make zealous followers of Khodorkovsky wrinkle their little noses. Sure enough, Mikhail Borisovich himself with the help of his money encouraged and continue to encourage until know quite different processes, which are at odds with the convictions declared by him. But, seemingly, Khodorkovsky simply lied on purpose expecting to please the ideological readership of the newspaper "Zavtra” and to obtain if not forgiveness, then, at least, condescension.
Khodorkovsky on the collapse of the Soviet Union
"I personally regarded and continue to regard the collapse of the USSR as a historical tragedy which was caused by irresponsibility and weakness of the late-Soviet elites. The XX century abounds with examples of collapsing empires but never was it so that 30% of the state-building nation was left beyond the boundaries of the new state and more than 20% of families were separated against their will and wish”, pointed out Khodorkovsky.
If Khodorkovsky considered that for real, his position on Ukraine or Byelorussia would be different. And the test question "whose is Crimea" would not force Khodorkovsky to produce muddy flows of liberal verbalism so that to rest in the tideway of Western propagandist interpretation of the results of the Crimean referendum, participants of which, by the way, expressed their will and wish – to be part of the Russian Federation, because the “the separation was made against their will and wish”.
Khodorkovsky on “parliamentary model” of state
“I was and continue to be an advocate of the president-parliamentary model (but not parliament model pure and simple). I think that the president of Russia as head of state should be strong enough to cement the country, guarantee the unity of the nation. But, the head of state cannot deal with such questions as delivery of goods to the Northern Territories or oil tariffs – this is the prerogatives of the government, which should bear the responsibility before the Parliament and resign in case of failure”.
“The current model of the state was created for one person – Boris Yeltsin, who, at a certain moment, wanted to take the most important decisions irrespective of the mood of the people and composition of the legislative power, irrespective of the results of elections. But today this system is totally degraded”, pointed out the ex-oligarch.
And once more – a complete dissonance with what Khodorkovsky does and what he pays for. He has completely forgotten that he is the advocate of the president-parliamentary model of the state. In 2002, he conceived a "corrupt democracy", and after years, he sells “a parliamentary republic”. Sells with the enthusiasm of an obsessive con artist, engaging in outright populism. Especially furious Khodorkovsky fought against the amendments to the Constitution, in which, apart from the notorious “reduction to zero”, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t notice, for instance, the granting authority to the Parliament relating to the formation of the cabinet of ministers, and that is exactly an element of the president-parliamentary model. The model, the advocate of which he has declared himself.
Put in jail not because of politics
“I am sure that I was put in jail not because of politics, but in order to deprive of Yukos. Politics was only a pretext. Had I not helped the opposition parties in 2003, they would have found another ground”.
Further, Khodorkovsky simply foxes leading his answer in another direction. He remembered the defendants of the “Yukos case” who were put in jail because of quite clear criminal episodes. When this oil company practiced tax evasion, when from this empire came orders to murders and attempted murders, when money siphoned out of Russia was laundered in offshores, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t think about the health of Platon Lebedev, he didn’t think that Bakhmina is the mother of her minor kids, that Vassily Aleksanyan has a fatal illness. Actually, there were many things they didn’t think about. They simply made money and wanted to buy everything for them – including deputes in order to exhibit “democracy” and, for separate money, make friends with the West, where they loudly spoke about the robbery-like machinations of Khodorkovsky as early as in the end of the 1990s of the last century”, noted the website Prigovor.ru.
(See also the previous article “On this day, Nevzlin launched a newspaper canard”. Creative indisposition of the serial paymaster of murders relating to a “secret agreement” of Russia with witnesses of the GML case. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on September 11, 2019).
16 years ago, on those September days of 2005, the liberal community read with abandon the newspaper “Zavtra”, which until the fall of 2005 its representatives had called “the mouthpiece of the red-brown plague”. But one had to smother his own voice – on the pages of this publication emerged the beacon of liberalism Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky who by some unknown way answered the question posed by Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov. In this massive text, interesting things were expressed which make zealous followers of Khodorkovsky wrinkle their little noses. Sure enough, Mikhail Borisovich himself with the help of his money encouraged and continue to encourage until know quite different processes, which are at odds with the convictions declared by him. But, seemingly, Khodorkovsky simply lied on purpose expecting to please the ideological readership of the newspaper "Zavtra” and to obtain if not forgiveness, then, at least, condescension.
Khodorkovsky on the collapse of the Soviet Union
"I personally regarded and continue to regard the collapse of the USSR as a historical tragedy which was caused by irresponsibility and weakness of the late-Soviet elites. The XX century abounds with examples of collapsing empires but never was it so that 30% of the state-building nation was left beyond the boundaries of the new state and more than 20% of families were separated against their will and wish”, pointed out Khodorkovsky.
If Khodorkovsky considered that for real, his position on Ukraine or Byelorussia would be different. And the test question "whose is Crimea" would not force Khodorkovsky to produce muddy flows of liberal verbalism so that to rest in the tideway of Western propagandist interpretation of the results of the Crimean referendum, participants of which, by the way, expressed their will and wish – to be part of the Russian Federation, because the “the separation was made against their will and wish”.
Khodorkovsky on “parliamentary model” of state
“I was and continue to be an advocate of the president-parliamentary model (but not parliament model pure and simple). I think that the president of Russia as head of state should be strong enough to cement the country, guarantee the unity of the nation. But, the head of state cannot deal with such questions as delivery of goods to the Northern Territories or oil tariffs – this is the prerogatives of the government, which should bear the responsibility before the Parliament and resign in case of failure”.
“The current model of the state was created for one person – Boris Yeltsin, who, at a certain moment, wanted to take the most important decisions irrespective of the mood of the people and composition of the legislative power, irrespective of the results of elections. But today this system is totally degraded”, pointed out the ex-oligarch.
And once more – a complete dissonance with what Khodorkovsky does and what he pays for. He has completely forgotten that he is the advocate of the president-parliamentary model of the state. In 2002, he conceived a "corrupt democracy", and after years, he sells “a parliamentary republic”. Sells with the enthusiasm of an obsessive con artist, engaging in outright populism. Especially furious Khodorkovsky fought against the amendments to the Constitution, in which, apart from the notorious “reduction to zero”, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t notice, for instance, the granting authority to the Parliament relating to the formation of the cabinet of ministers, and that is exactly an element of the president-parliamentary model. The model, the advocate of which he has declared himself.
Put in jail not because of politics
“I am sure that I was put in jail not because of politics, but in order to deprive of Yukos. Politics was only a pretext. Had I not helped the opposition parties in 2003, they would have found another ground”.
Further, Khodorkovsky simply foxes leading his answer in another direction. He remembered the defendants of the “Yukos case” who were put in jail because of quite clear criminal episodes. When this oil company practiced tax evasion, when from this empire came orders to murders and attempted murders, when money siphoned out of Russia was laundered in offshores, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t think about the health of Platon Lebedev, he didn’t think that Bakhmina is the mother of her minor kids, that Vassily Aleksanyan has a fatal illness. Actually, there were many things they didn’t think about. They simply made money and wanted to buy everything for them – including deputes in order to exhibit “democracy” and, for separate money, make friends with the West, where they loudly spoke about the robbery-like machinations of Khodorkovsky as early as in the end of the 1990s of the last century”, noted the website Prigovor.ru.
(See also the previous article “On this day, Nevzlin launched a newspaper canard”. Creative indisposition of the serial paymaster of murders relating to a “secret agreement” of Russia with witnesses of the GML case. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on September 11, 2019).
16 years ago, on those September days of 2005, the liberal community read with abandon the newspaper “Zavtra”, which until the fall of 2005 its representatives had called “the mouthpiece of the red-brown plague”. But one had to smother his own voice – on the pages of this publication emerged the beacon of liberalism Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky who by some unknown way answered the question posed by Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov. In this massive text, interesting things were expressed which make zealous followers of Khodorkovsky wrinkle their little noses. Sure enough, Mikhail Borisovich himself with the help of his money encouraged and continue to encourage until know quite different processes, which are at odds with the convictions declared by him. But, seemingly, Khodorkovsky simply lied on purpose expecting to please the ideological readership of the newspaper "Zavtra” and to obtain if not forgiveness, then, at least, condescension.
Khodorkovsky on the collapse of the Soviet Union
"I personally regarded and continue to regard the collapse of the USSR as a historical tragedy which was caused by irresponsibility and weakness of the late-Soviet elites. The XX century abounds with examples of collapsing empires but never was it so that 30% of the state-building nation was left beyond the boundaries of the new state and more than 20% of families were separated against their will and wish”, pointed out Khodorkovsky.
If Khodorkovsky considered that for real, his position on Ukraine or Byelorussia would be different. And the test question "whose is Crimea" would not force Khodorkovsky to produce muddy flows of liberal verbalism so that to rest in the tideway of Western propagandist interpretation of the results of the Crimean referendum, participants of which, by the way, expressed their will and wish – to be part of the Russian Federation, because the “the separation was made against their will and wish”.
Khodorkovsky on “parliamentary model” of state
“I was and continue to be an advocate of the president-parliamentary model (but not parliament model pure and simple). I think that the president of Russia as head of state should be strong enough to cement the country, guarantee the unity of the nation. But, the head of state cannot deal with such questions as delivery of goods to the Northern Territories or oil tariffs – this is the prerogatives of the government, which should bear the responsibility before the Parliament and resign in case of failure”.
“The current model of the state was created for one person – Boris Yeltsin, who, at a certain moment, wanted to take the most important decisions irrespective of the mood of the people and composition of the legislative power, irrespective of the results of elections. But today this system is totally degraded”, pointed out the ex-oligarch.
And once more – a complete dissonance with what Khodorkovsky does and what he pays for. He has completely forgotten that he is the advocate of the president-parliamentary model of the state. In 2002, he conceived a "corrupt democracy", and after years, he sells “a parliamentary republic”. Sells with the enthusiasm of an obsessive con artist, engaging in outright populism. Especially furious Khodorkovsky fought against the amendments to the Constitution, in which, apart from the notorious “reduction to zero”, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t notice, for instance, the granting authority to the Parliament relating to the formation of the cabinet of ministers, and that is exactly an element of the president-parliamentary model. The model, the advocate of which he has declared himself.
Put in jail not because of politics
“I am sure that I was put in jail not because of politics, but in order to deprive of Yukos. Politics was only a pretext. Had I not helped the opposition parties in 2003, they would have found another ground”.
Further, Khodorkovsky simply foxes leading his answer in another direction. He remembered the defendants of the “Yukos case” who were put in jail because of quite clear criminal episodes. When this oil company practiced tax evasion, when from this empire came orders to murders and attempted murders, when money siphoned out of Russia was laundered in offshores, Mikhail Borisovich didn’t think about the health of Platon Lebedev, he didn’t think that Bakhmina is the mother of her minor kids, that Vassily Aleksanyan has a fatal illness. Actually, there were many things they didn’t think about. They simply made money and wanted to buy everything for them – including deputes in order to exhibit “democracy” and, for separate money, make friends with the West, where they loudly spoke about the robbery-like machinations of Khodorkovsky as early as in the end of the 1990s of the last century”, noted the website Prigovor.ru.
(See also the previous article “On this day, Nevzlin launched a newspaper canard”. Creative indisposition of the serial paymaster of murders relating to a “secret agreement” of Russia with witnesses of the GML case. The website Prigovor.ru reminds its readers of what happened on September 11, 2019).
