The Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky may seek UK asylum

 The Previous oil head honcho Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wild faultfinder of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says he is considering applying for political haven in the UK and feels safe in London.

He was talking in a BBC meeting after a Russian court pronounced him "apprehended in absentia" over the 1990s homicide of a Siberian chairman.

"Unquestionably I'm considering requesting refuge in the UK," he said.

Mr Putin "sees me - it's conspicuous now - as a genuine danger", he said.

When Russia's wealthiest man, the previous leader of the now ancient Yukos oil firm put in 10 years in a Siberian jail on misrepresentation charges, which he says were politically roused.

Mr Putin acquitted him in 2013 and he now lives abroad, principally in Switzerland.

"I'm considered by President Putin as a danger, financially, on account of the conceivable seizure of Russian resources abroad, and politically, as somebody who will possibly help vote based applicants in the coming 2016 races," he said.

Russia will hold decisions to the lower place of parliament - the State Duma - one year from now. The Duma is right now overwhelmed by Mr Putin's supporters.

London base?

The BBC's Richard Galpin asked Mr Khodorkovsky whether he felt at danger in light of the killings of unmistakable adversaries of Mr Putin lately. Among them was previous mystery operators Alexander Litvinenko, harmed with radioactive polonium in a London lodging in 2006.

"The historical backdrop of passings of rivals of this administration is noteworthy... be that as it may, I was in prison for a long time, I could have been killed any day effectively. In London I feel much more secure than amid those years," he answered.

When he exited Russia in 2013 he said he would not get included in legislative issues - which was broadly accepted to have been the purpose behind his initial discharge.

He told the BBC on Wednesday that he would "help youthful political activists in Russia to increase political experience and show a distinct option for the current administration".

He said it was "awfully idealistic" to talk about administration change in Russia now, "yet I'm entirely certain that inside of 10 years the administration will be changed and I trust I will assume a critical part in that".      Charge sheet

Prior, alluding to the Russian request for his capture, he said the Moscow powers had "gone frantic".

He is blamed for requesting a few of his workers to murder both the chairman and an agent, who survived.

Examiners claim Vladimir Petukhov, the chairman of Nefteyugansk, was slaughtered on 26 June 1998 for requesting Mr Khodorkovsky's oil firm, Yukos, pay imposes that the organization had professedly been staying away from.

Nearby specialist Yevgeny Rybin was supposedly focused on the grounds that his exercises "conflicted with Yukos' intrigues", Russia's intense Investigative Committee (SK) said in an announcement (in Russian).

Mr Rybin survived a firearm assault in November 1998 and a second assault on his auto in March 1999, when another man in the vehicle was killed and a few individuals were harmed.

Five individuals have as of now been strove for the assaults and the capture warrant is unrealistic to have any effect unless Mr Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.

Furnished police struck the Moscow workplaces of Mr Khodorkovsky's Open Russia ace majority rules system development on Tuesday, in a move that powers said was connected to claims of expense avoidance. The pads of no less than seven activists who work for Mr Khodorkovsky were likewise sought.

After Mr Khodorkovsky was captured in 2003, Yukos was separated and assumed control by a state oil firm.

A year ago a global intervention court in The Hague said Russian authorities had controlled the lawful framework to bankrupt Yukos, and correctional facility Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The court advised Russia to pay previous shareholders in Yukos $50bn (£32bn) in remuneration.