When Russia’s special forces hauled Mikhail Khodorkovsky at gunpoint off a private jet before dawn in Siberia in October 2003, it marked a pivotal moment in the early years of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Khodorkovsky, who controlled the oil and gas company Yukos, was then the richest man in Russia and had been openly critical of the president. He became the first oligarch to be jailed as Putin cracked down on any sign of dissent.
The subsequent destruction of Yukos was the beginning of the end of any kind of market economy or transparency in Russia.
Almost exactly 22 years later, Russia is a totalitarian state. And Putin apparently again considers Khodorkovsky to be a threat.
This month, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Khodorkovsky, who now lives in exile in London, and 22 members of Russia’s Anti-War Committee of plotting a coup.
I’ll be happy if that mass murdering dictator is over thrown and turned over to The Hague to face war crimes and is finally brought to justice.
Would be interesting to see unfold. Then the conspiracies would start as to who started it..
Nah.
Would need to be swift a d have full backing of certain elements of the military.
And it would have to be more than one person.
Russia is going to collapse, just as it has time after time. The Kleptocracy Czar will fall, let’s just hope that the Russians doesn’t destroy the world as it self destructs this time around.
The clock is ticking on the prick ⏰️
Well, if Putin thinks there will be a coup, a lot of guy’s will start falling out of windows soon.
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Isn’t it very rare for a coup to be successful?!?
In Turkey, it was probably Erdogan who wanted to start that coup to clean out the rest of the ones not siding with him, isn’t it?
But then I wonder if that couple wouldn’t succeeded if that general didn’t get shot…
I read this every other week, wake me up when it happens.
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When Russia’s special forces hauled Mikhail Khodorkovsky at gunpoint off a private jet before dawn in Siberia in October 2003, it marked a pivotal moment in the early years of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Khodorkovsky, who controlled the oil and gas company Yukos, was then the richest man in Russia and had been openly critical of the president. He became the first oligarch to be jailed as Putin cracked down on any sign of dissent.
The subsequent destruction of Yukos was the beginning of the end of any kind of market economy or transparency in Russia.
Almost exactly 22 years later, Russia is a totalitarian state. And Putin apparently again considers Khodorkovsky to be a threat.
This month, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Khodorkovsky, who now lives in exile in London, and 22 members of Russia’s Anti-War Committee of plotting a coup.
**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/26/putin-fears-another-coup-as-russia-finally-begins-to-buckle/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/26/putin-fears-another-coup-as-russia-finally-begins-to-buckle/)
I’ll be happy if that mass murdering dictator is over thrown and turned over to The Hague to face war crimes and is finally brought to justice.
Would be interesting to see unfold. Then the conspiracies would start as to who started it..
Nah.
Would need to be swift a d have full backing of certain elements of the military.
And it would have to be more than one person.
Russia is going to collapse, just as it has time after time. The Kleptocracy Czar will fall, let’s just hope that the Russians doesn’t destroy the world as it self destructs this time around.
The clock is ticking on the prick ⏰️
Well, if Putin thinks there will be a coup, a lot of guy’s will start falling out of windows soon.
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Isn’t it very rare for a coup to be successful?!?
In Turkey, it was probably Erdogan who wanted to start that coup to clean out the rest of the ones not siding with him, isn’t it?
But then I wonder if that couple wouldn’t succeeded if that general didn’t get shot…
I read this every other week, wake me up when it happens.
Putin fears a coup.
Countless millions hope for one.
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