Overview

• Khodorkovsky is accused of creating a “terrorist organisation” and plotting to seize power by force, according to the FSB.
• Investigators say the case concerns activities of the Anti-War Committee, which Russian authorities have outlawed.
• The exiled former Yukos chief served 10 years in a Siberian prison on fraud charges that he and many Western governments called politically motivated.
• He was pardoned in 2013 and left Russia, later backing groups critical of Vladimir Putin and, since 2022, aligning with exiles who support Kyiv; Russia has designated him a “foreign agent.”
• There was no immediate comment from Khodorkovsky or his representatives after the announcement.