Khodorkovsky pardoned by Putin, released from prison

[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] signed a decree on Friday pardoning former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive], and releasing him from prison. Khodorkovsky has already spent over a decade in prison for fraud, theft and money laundering. In a statement posted on his website, Khodorkovsky said he had requested the pardon from Putin without admitting any guilt. Putin's decree pardoned Khodorkovsky on the basis of "the principles of humanism." Upon his...

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