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Khodorkovsky says not going to finance Russian opposition

He said he would be upset if he were perceived as a sponsor of the opposition

BERLIN, December 22, 15:08 /ITAR-TASS/. Former CEO of the Russian oil corporation YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was released from jail in Russia on Friday, told a news conference behind closed doors in Berlin he is not going to finance political opposition forces in Russia.

He said he would be upset if he were perceived as a sponsor of the opposition, as the opposition had been sponsored by YUKOS.