John Laughland

A war for oil

issue 28 September 2002

Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells John Laughland that American control of Iraq will be good for Cadillacs but bad for Russia

Opponents of the impending Anglo-American war against Iraq say that it will push up the oil price and thereby damage the world economy. This is the least of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s worries. Aged 39, Mr Khodorkovsky, is the chairman and CEO of Yukos Oil, Russia’s second-largest oil company.

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