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‘The invasion of Ukraine is suicide for Putin,’ says Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky

By France24
05 March 2022   |   4:17 pm
Exiled Russian Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in an interview with FRANCE 24 from London that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is political "suicide" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who "cannot win in Ukraine, even if he manages to take Kyiv or Kharkiv". This war is the result of an "emotional decision" by Putin, the former oligarch said.

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