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quinta-feira, 19 de dezembro de 2013

Putin says he will pardon Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky


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Putin says he will pardon Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, paving the way for the release of Russia’s most famous political prisoner. 

Khodorkovsky, founder of the Yukos oil corporation, was arrested in 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion that many believed were trumped up by Russian law enforcement to punish him for his political activities. He is serving a sentence of more than 10 years that will end in August. 

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