Thread by @Heidi_Cuda

OLD DIC: “Khodorkovsky said the arrest of Navalny was an attempt by Putin—whom he cast as an ‘ageing autocrat’—to show that he is still Russia’s top dog.

He said the West should act rather than talk if it wanted to influence the Kremlin.”-⁦@Reuters⁩ reuters.com/article/us-rus…

“Khodorkovsky said the West should impose sanctions on individuals involved in expanding Russia’s network of corrupt money across the world.”-@Reuters

“Putin feels he has to show he is the main animal in the herd or that people will believe that he is no longer the top dog,” Khodorkovsky, 57, told @Reuters in London when asked why @Navalny had been targetted.

“‘For an ageing autocrat, who rules through bandit groups and bandit methods, the law will never defend him. The only thing that defends Putin is the perception... that he is the top dog - that has been placed yet again in doubt.’”-@Reuters

“Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, was arrested on a plane in Siberia in 2003 and jailed for massive tax evasion and fraud and his once mighty oil company, Yukos, was split apart.
The Kremlin cast him as a common criminal.”-@Reuters

“Khodorkovsky denied the charges and was released in 2013 after spending 10 years in custody.

‘The arrest of Navalny means that the Putin regime, his bandit regime, is moving to totalitarian methods of pressure on society,’ Khodorkovsky told @reuters”

“Khodorkovsky said he wanted to believe Navalny would be released but reality was Navalny would face escalating pressure from Russian authorities, including possibility of a 10-year prison term.

‘He could be given 10 years—that in summary is what we could see,’ he said.-@Reuters

Even more dangerous when threatened.

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