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Going from a middle class chemistry institute graduate to Russia´s richest man and head of one of the planet´s biggest oil companies, to a prison inmate stripped of his assets, power and influence this is how the life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky can be summed up in one sentence. His accusations of financial crimes have sparked massive debates, with some saying that the trial and its verdict are strongly politically motivated, while others claim that it would have been impossible to legitimately and fairly acquire such wealth in such a short time. In order to find out more about the controversial figure that is Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his carreer and charges read this book.

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