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Exiled Russian oligarch says Putin went 'insane' after Ukrainians did not welcome his invasion and 'meet him with flowers' like he anticipated
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos oil company chairman who was charged with embezzlement and tax evasion, speaks to the media at his first press conference since his release from a Russian prison.
Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.Sean Gallup/Getty Images
  • The former Russian tycoon said that the Ukrainian resistance to the invasion led him to go insane.

  • Putin was expected to be met with flowers in Ukraine, according to the man.

  • It not only angered him, but I think it drove him insane.

After he anticipated that the people of Ukraine would meet him with flowers when he invaded the country, Putin went insane.

The former CEO of the Russian oil giant Yukos was expecting flowers thrown in the streets by the Ukrainian people when he wanted to change the power in Kyiv.

The former richest man in Russia, who was imprisoned for nine years on charges of fraud and tax evasion, has been an outspoken critic of Putin. He said his imprisonment was politically motivated.

He said that when Ukrainians resisted the invasion, Putin went crazy.

I think the fact that the people in Kharkiv did not meet him with flowers drove him insane. He started bombing the cities of Kharkiv and Kyiv.

Putin can use weapons of mass destruction, force Ukrainians to retreat, or start actual negotiations if he continues to pressure Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine would cause Putin to fall, according to the exiled tycoon.

I believe that Putin hasn't got much time left. He told CNN that it might be a year or three.

Vladimir Milov, a former deputy energy minister in the Russian government, told CNN that top officials in the Russian government were devastated by Putin's aggression in Ukraine.

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