Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Mr. Wiesel

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Letter from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to Mr. Wiesel

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Unspecified day in March, 2014

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Khodorkovsky, Mikhail B.
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Wiesel, Mr.

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The document is a bilingual letter (Russian and English) from Mikhail Khodorkovsky to a Mr. Wiesel, dated March 2014. Khodorkovsky, recently freed after a decade of imprisonment, expresses his profound gratitude to Mr. Wiesel and his foundation for their support. He states that their efforts, along with those of others worldwide, kept his case from being forgotten despite the Kremlin's attempts to suppress it. He mentions that Wiesel's long-standing fight for the persecuted was an inspiration to him even before his own ordeal. As a specific example of support, Khodorkovsky highlights Wiesel's participation in a 2011 classical music concert in Strasbourg for Russian political prisoners. The letter concludes with Khodorkovsky's best wishes and his hope to meet and thank Mr. Wiesel in person soon.

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