my father doesn t vin political ambitions. it s up to him, of course, to decide what he wants to do. i think first items on his list are his family and his friends right now. of course, richard, he was a big player in russia, the richest man in the country for a while. does this feel a little bit like putin ten sort of air brushing things a little bit dealing with the anti-gay laws, sochi coming up, the winter games? absolutely. he says he did it on humanitarian grounds because khodorkovsky s mother is unwell, but if you look at what is going on in russia at the moment, you ve got khodorkovsky having sudden amnesty out of the blue. apparently he requested it november 12th. you ve got this amnesty for many people locked up, 20,000 people will get amnesty including members of the pussy riot s musical band locked up. left and right, you ve got them