Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was once as soon as Russia’s wealthiest guy and is now President Putin’s maximum distinguished critic in exile, has informed the BBC a Western oil and fuel embargo would deal the president “an excessively severe blow”.
Chatting with Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur the dissident businessman mentioned this sort of measure would motive Mr Putin “to lose over part his earnings” and wondered whether or not Moscow may proceed to salary warfare in Ukraine after such an have an effect on at the federal price range.
Mr Khodorkovsky was once as soon as CEO of Russian oil massive Yukos prior to being jailed for just about a decade on fees of fraud and tax evasion which, he says, have been politically motivated.
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