Open Russia

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Open Russia Открытая Россия
Leader	Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Chairperson	Anastasiya Burakova
Founder	Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Founded	December 2001 (2001-12), relaunched 23 September 2014 (2014-09-23)[1]
Dissolved	22 March 2006 (2006-03-22)[2] 27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)
TV station	MBKh Media [ru]
Ideology	Liberalism Anti-Putinism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Yellow   Black
Slogan	"From open information to an open country" (Russian: "От открытой информации — к открытой стране")
Party flag
Website
openrussia.org
Politics of Russia Political parties Elections

Open Russia (Russian: Открытая Россия, romanized: Otkrytaya Rossiya) is a political organisation founded by the exiled Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky with the shareholders of his firm, Yukos (a company closed in 2006).^[3] Khodorkovsky states that his organisation advocates democracy and human rights. The first initiative took the form of a foundation whose stated purpose was to "build and strengthen civil society in Russia", established in 2001. Khodorkovsky relaunched Open Russia in September 2014 as a nationwide community platform^[4] as part of a group of activities called "Open Media".^[5]

In 2017, the organisation was listed as undesirable by Russia's Prosecutor General, and its website banned in Russia. On 27 May 2021, Open Russia announced to cease its operations in Russia to protect its members from the risk of facing criminal prosecution and being imprisoned in the country. "Open Media" is now known as "Mozhem Obyasnit".^[6]