Exiled oligarch who was once Russia's richest man said other oligarchs need to publicly declare

[Uncle Joe]

Putin a 'war criminal' to not look like they are working for the Kremlin

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a self-exiled Russian oligarch, said other Russian billionaires and officials who have left the country should publicly condemn President Vladimir Putin or risk appearing like they're working for the Kremlin.

"Public figures cannot leave quietly and then sit quietly. If you have left, then you should publicly dissociate yourself," Khodorkovsky said in an interview with The Washington Post, adding that if they don't people "should be forced to suspect that you are acting" on the Kremlin's behalf.

"You should step up to the microphone and say that Putin is a war criminal and that what he is doing is a crime, that the war against Ukraine is a crime. Say this, and then we'll understand that Putin doesn't have a hold over you," Khodorkovsky continued.

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In another interview with CNN on Sunday, Khodorkovsky also said he thinks Putin went "insane" after Ukrainians did not welcome the Russian invasion.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarchs-need-to-declare-putin-a-war-criminal-khodorkovsky-2022-4

[barbaraann]

1. I want to hear what they are going to do to atone for their part in the evil during the Putin era.

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[Sherman A1]

2. A little slow on the uptake there

Aren’t they? They were all fine with all this up to now.