The strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, considered the richest man in Russia, who fought for prosperity and interest in the 1990s, served a decade in prison and became an unlikely martyr of the anti-Putin movement.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Putin, Leonid Nevzlin | Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney presents one of his most important explorations of world politics as he looks at the strange case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once considered the richest man in Russia, turned to prosperity and fame in the 1990s, spent a decade in prison and became an unlikely leader of the anti-Putin movement. By repeating the story of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Alex Gibney paints a compelling picture of post-Soviet Russia, a country caught between radically different political models – and where the fortune can change from one day to the next. The fall of the USSR heralded an era of chaos and opportunity. With the delay of laws in socio-economic change, Russia has given preference to a kind of gang capitalism. Mikhail Khodorkovsky benefited from the privatization of state assets to create Russia’s first commercial bank and build Yukos, the country’s largest oil company. His success in business was accompanied by a level of political influence that …