In the Sunday Times of London, Mark Franchetti interviews Mikhail Khodorkovsky on his conditions in prison, the absurd second trial, and how he fills the endless days.

The campaign against me was organised by the Kremlin. The first case, which got me eight years, was out of greed; the current one is out of cowardice, and I’m facing up to 22 years. It’s hard to say what my enemies convinced Vladimir Putin of. Maybe he really thought I was plotting some coup — which is ridiculous, as I was supporting two opposition parties which at best could have won 15% of votes in elections. More likely it was an excuse to raid Russia’s most successful oil company.