MBS’s purge in Saudi seems like Putin’s 2003 attack on the oligarchs. Alaweed bin Talal now caged the way Khodorkovsky was.

I had exactly same reaction when I saw the news. I’m no expert on Saudi Arabia, but it looks exactly like Putin’s power play w/Khodorkovsky https://t.co/gI18Mh4a8W

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) November 7, 2017

MBS’s purge in Saudi seems like Putin’s 2003 attack on the oligarchs. Alaweed bin Talal now caged the way Khodorkovsky was. @Billbrowder ?

— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) November 7, 2017