Khodorkovskii, founder of the oil company Yukos, was sentenced in May to nine years in prison on tax-evasion and fraud charges after a trial perceived to be Kremlin-orchestrated.
In an article published in the business daily "Vedomosti," Khodorkovskii said: "It's time for liberals to decide whether to join a wide social-democratic coalition or remain part of a grudging and politically useless fringe."
Khodorkovskii wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin should leave office in 2008 at the end of his second term, as called for under the constitution.
He added that a move to the political left will win votes from the majority of Russians who feel they lost out in the rush to switch to capitalism.
(AFP/Reuters)
In an article published in the business daily "Vedomosti," Khodorkovskii said: "It's time for liberals to decide whether to join a wide social-democratic coalition or remain part of a grudging and politically useless fringe."
Khodorkovskii wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin should leave office in 2008 at the end of his second term, as called for under the constitution.
He added that a move to the political left will win votes from the majority of Russians who feel they lost out in the rush to switch to capitalism.
(AFP/Reuters)
