The American who made Putin Furious

The Big Steal by Fresh Air Production

Mar 24, 202033:48Society & Culture

In December 2013, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is pardoned by Putin for humanitarian reasons: his mother is sick. But whilst Khodorkovsky is released, others still remain in jail, or even worse, have been killed, by the Putin re...

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