Russian denial of Ukraine military involvement is lie, says former oil tycoon Khodorkovsy
Khodorkovsy says Moscow lying and urges citizens to take to the streets and strike against actions.
By REUTERSMikhail Khodorkovsky(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an opponent of President Vladimir Putin, said on Friday that Moscow is lying about its involvement in Ukraine and he urged Russians to take action to stop an "unequal" war."We could and we can stop what is happening. It would be enough to take to the streets, to go on strike," the Jewish former oil baron, who now lives in Switzerland, said in a statement.Moscow, accused of sending troops and weapons into the former Soviet republic to shore up a separatist insurgency, has not acknowledged any involvement. The Russian defense ministry has repeatedly denied the presence of its soldiers in Ukraine."We are fighting Ukraine - for real," he said.Russian authorities were lying "just like they did about Afghanistan back in the '80s and about Chechnya in the '90s," he said.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that allegations Russia's military is fighting in eastern Ukraine are "conjecture"."We're hearing various conjectures, not for the first time, but not once have any facts been presented to us," he said at a news conference.
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