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Banished Russian opposition activist Mikhail Khodorkovskysaid he was in participation at United States President-elect Donald Trumps
inauguration on Monday.May too inspect it out, given that Ive been welcomed, Khodorkovsky posted on X, describing security steps at the
Khodorkovsky attached a selfie of himself in a tuxedo, followed by pictures of the inside of Capital One Arena in downtown Washington and a
Public viewers are enjoying the inauguration fromCapital One Arena while Trumps swearing-in ceremony is happening at the United States
Capitol due to cold weather.Khodorkovsky, when Russias wealthiest guy, left the nation after he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin and
freed from prison in late 2013
The Kremlinsaidlast week that it would not send a representative to the event.Nobody will represent Russia at the inauguration ceremony,
Kremlin assistant Yury Ushakov told reporters Friday, adding that an interim charge daffaires would attend if invited.Though Trumpinvited a
host of foreign leaders to his inauguration, Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskovsaid the United States president-elect had actually not
done the very same for Putin.Trumps inauguration marks the first time that foreign leaders have participated in a United States
presidential inauguration, as they are generally attended by ambassadors and other diplomats.Russia has not had an ambassador to the United
States since its previous Ambassador Anatoly Antonov went back to Russia in October without a replacement.A senior Russian senatorsaid on
Monday the brand-new ambassador whoreportshave named as Alexander Darchiyev, the head of the Foreign Ministrys North American department may
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