When the 1998 financial crisis struck Russia , Khodorkovsky defaulted on some of his foreign debt and took his Yukos shares offshore to protect them from creditors .
Khodorkovsky subsequently went on a campaign to raise investment funds abroad , borrowing hundreds of millions .
When the 1998 financial crisis struck Russia , Khodorkovsky defaulted on some of Khodorkovsky 's foreign debt and took his Yukos shares offshore to protect them from creditors .
Khodorkovsky subsequently went on a campaign to raise investment funds abroad , borrowing hundreds of millions .