Which exhiled Russian businessman acquired a Russian owned oil and gas company based in Moscow, Russia?
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (Russian: Михаи́л Бори́сович Ходорко́вский , ] ; born 26 June 1963) is an exiled Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch, now resident in Switzerland.
Alexander Smolensky Alexander Pavlovich Smolensky (Russian: Алексáндр Пáвлович Смолéнский ) (born July 6, 1954) was the founder and president of one of the largest private banks in Russia - "Bank Stolichny" (later known as SBS/AGRO) which collapsed in the 1998 Russian financial crisis wiping out its investors' savings. When asked what he owed his investors he replied: "dead donkey ears". In 1999, Russian prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest including charges of embezzlement and money laundering. This warrant, however, was later dropped. He currently controls the newspapers "Kommersant" and "Novaya Gazeta".