Khodorkovsky Says Europe Ties to Putin Hurt Democracy

BERLIN — Europe’s closer ties with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin weaken the cause of democracy in Russia, jailed former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in a newspaper interview. “The ‘realpolitik’ often practiced by the European political elites has disappointed many dedicated people in Russia and shattered the belief in the sincerity of the values propagated by the West,” Khodorkovsky said in the interview published Tuesday with the German daily […]