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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos oil company chairman who was charged with embezzlement and tax evasion, speaks to the media at his first news conference since his release from a Russian prison two days before, in Berlin. Khodorkovsky spent ten years in prison until his unexpected pardon by Putin.
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In 2010, a Russian court found imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky guilty of stealing nearly $30 billion in oil from his company, Yukos. (His supporters charged that Khodorkovsky’s prosecution was politically motivated; he was pardoned by Putin in Dec. 2013.) #MikhailKhodorkovsky
