Prosecutor General’s Office found signs of extremism in the statements of Khodorkovsky – RBC

The former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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Prosecutor General’s Office sent to the Russian Investigative Committee materials testing information on public calls Mikhail Khodorkovsky for extremist activity. This is stated in the report of the supervisory authority.

The prosecutor’s office believes that Khodorkovsky, talking on the eve of journalists during an online conference “has publicly called for a change of power in the Russian Federation through the revolution».

«made in the course of this event repression of false statements and unlawful actions of the legislation, the illegitimacy of the parliament, the illegality of the presidential elections in Russia and the dependence of courts, Khodorkovsky offered to sabotage laws. Due to the absence in the country, according to him, the institute of fair elections and other mechanisms legitimate change of power, Khodorkovsky called to commit a revolution as the only and necessary way to replace the government, pointing out that it for this purpose already taken some steps, “- said the agency .

The department believes that these actions Khodorkovsky “are extremist in nature and require remedial test because they contain indications of public appeals to violent change of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation».

The Press Secretary Khodorkovsky Olga Pispanen, commenting on statements by the Attorney General, said that the words of Mr Khodorkovsky at the last press conference did not contain calls for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order in Russia.

«Khodorkovsky talked about non-violent, democratic way of regime change, of course, . Mikhail Khodorkovsky is not a murderer, no matter how he tried to put some of those comrades in power “, – quotes its words” Interfax “. “We had a good laugh because it’s fun to be a person against whom a day open criminal cases,” – he added a Pispanen RBC . She noted that the former head of the YUKOS In the near future he will react to the statement of the Attorney General.

On Wednesday, Khodorkovsky via video link from the office of “Open Russia” commented reporters reopen the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk, where he could be accused, and talked about the revolution. In particular, he stated that “the deliberate destruction of the country’s legal system in order to save power,” “the decorative role of government.” Khodorkovsky also drew attention to the lack of the institute of fair elections in Russia and announced the inevitability of revolution in the country.

On December 8, Khodorkovsky published in his Twitter account the agenda that brought his father on Monday, December 7th. As the document says, should Khodorkovsky December 11 to come to the Investigation Committee “for questioning as a defendant in a criminal case number 18 / 35-03″. Source RBC confirmed that the production for the murder of Nefteyugansk Mayor Vladimir Petukhov.