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Khodorkovsky
Khodorkovsky
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KHODORKOVSKY

Directed by Cyril Tuschi
Germany, 2011
Documentary, Biography, History

Synopsis

First socialist, then capitalist, and finally a political prisoner—the life of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky has all the makings of an epic, but what’s the truth? Through interviews with Khodorkovsky, his family, and others, we see the transformation of Putin’s Russia.

Synopsis

First socialist, then capitalist, and finally a political prisoner—the life of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky has all the makings of an epic, but what’s the truth? Through interviews with Khodorkovsky, his family, and others, we see the transformation of Putin’s Russia.

Our take

Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a vocal critic of Putin, was jailed for 10 years—and, now freed, has begun to speak out about the Ukraine. This riveting, ever-more-timely documentary dives into the murky story of how Russia’s wealthiest man became one of its biggest dissidents!