The following is a translation of a rare interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky by the French newspaper Le Figaro. See the original source here. When Russia is wrong, Europe should say so Le Figaro published on the 20th of September first interview given to the French press by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former oligarch imprisoned in Siberia. LE FIGARO. With the election of Dmiti Medvedev, many hoped for the thaw in Russia. From your prison, have you harboured any hopes of that kind ? What does the crisis in Georgia change ?