Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/6 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Mikhail Khodorkovsky in central London last week. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Mikhail Khodorkovsky in central London last week. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian Putin likely to stage another Salisbury-style attack, exiled oil tycoon saysMikhail Khodorkovsky says Russian security services may seek to create a ‘sense of vulnerability’ in Britain Vladimir Putin is likely to stage another Salisbury-style attack on UK soil unless the government adopts more aggressive tactics against the Kremlin, the exiled Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said.The former oil tycoon has emerged as a leading figure in Russian diaspora opposition circles and claims to be well-informed about current thinking and developments among Moscow’s elite.In a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian, Khodorkovsky – who still fears for his life after spending 10 years in a Siberian prison after clashes with Putin – said the Trump presidency had provided the Russian leader with a “window of opportunity” to threaten Europe.Khodorkovsky predicted that Putin was likely to mass troops on the border of a Nato country such as Estonia, to “flex his muscles” and said he believed that Russian security services were planning an attack similar to the 2018 Salisbury Novichok poisonings to destabilise the UK.“The goal […] would not just be…
Published: March 30, 2026 1:53 pm
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