Open Russia is a name shared by two political organisations in Russia founded by the exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky with the shareholders of his firm, Yukos. 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 as part of a group of activities called "Open Media".