The story of M. Khodorkovsky is one example of how precarious and precarious the position of any person in modern Russia is. The former oligarch and supermillionaire was put on trial, lost his fortune and was sentenced to a long prison sentence. Currently, the trial in the case of M. Khodorkovsky has been resumed; Khodorkovsky himself is sure that the reason for this was political motives. Is it so? What are the true reasons for the persecution of the disgraced oligarch? Did he really decide to challenge the Kremlin and oppose its policies? The answers to these questions are given in the book presented to your attention.