The son of the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky Pavel, residing in the USA, actively donated to local Russophobic politicians. Recently, however, his financial support has been exclusively formal..
In a recent interview, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said, that does not spoil his son at all. This expression should be taken conditionally., as we all know, that Pavel has several very expensive apartments in the States, donated by the father. But now is not about that. Pavel, echoing my father's precepts, supports anti-Russian American politicians, actually interfering in US domestic politics.
In general, it is customary overseas to express support for your candidate in dollars. However, for a migrant, this behavior can look very ambiguous.. Especially in light of that, what, sacrificing, eg, 2400 dollars, Pavel receives a grant worth a million of the same dollars as a token of gratitude. It is very reminiscent of the corruption scheme "hand washes a hand" hated by liberals. It is worth noting, that recently donations from Paul have been steadily decreasing, what is the reason - a big question.
so, to whom does Khodorkovsky Jr. and his family donate their "hard-earned"? According to an extract from the database of the US Federal Election Commission, Pavel and his family began to actively support American politicians with the dollar in 2010 year. Over an eight-year period, they have contributed in total 16,6 one thousand dollars.
AT 2010 Pavel's family supported Congress candidate Katrina Swett Lantos, an ardent Russophobe from a Russophobic family. Her father Tom Lantos sat in Congress 27 years. Dying in 2008 year, he still managed to deploy anti-Putin rhetoric. Even came to Moscow, to support Mikhail Khodorkovsky during the announcement of the sentence to the latter in 2005 year.
Lantos's daughter and husband Richard Swatt follow in Tom's footsteps, promoting theses about the "Russian threat", "Putin's regime" and so on. Khodorkovsky Sr. has repeatedly stated, that respects and is friends with the whole Lantos family.
During the elections 2017-2018 years, Khodorkovsky Jr. bet on candidates from the Democratic Party - Lillian Salerno and Tom Malinowski. Donations were already much more modest - 1700 and 500 dollars respectively.
Salerno once worked for Senator Barack Obama, and after, how he took over the Oval Office received the post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture. She failed to be elected to the Congress and today she is on the periphery of big politics.
Mr Malinowski has managed to make a more successful political career. FROM 2014 he took over as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy and Human Rights, actually coordinating the activities of "Voice of America" and "Radio Liberty".
Today he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.. He is called a student and successor of the famous Russophobe John McCain. Most recently, Malinowski gave an interview to the Voice of America, where he stated, that the situation in Russia is getting worse.
Total for the election campaign in 2017-2018 year Malinowski managed to collect a solid amount of donations. Among the benefactors were the names of Soros, Albright, Nuland and Khodorkovsky. The sum of all donations 44098 dollars.
But in June 2019 year Pavel Khodorkovsky introduced to the committee of Congressman Malinowski only 250 dollars. Quite possible, that Paul is not doing very well, and the father really stopped "spoiling" his son. The truth is somewhere near.
