MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree granting a pardon to Russia's former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky, allowing his release after over a decade in prison, the Kremlin said.
"Guided by humanitarian principles, I decree that Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky... should be pardoned and freed from any further punishment in the form of imprisonment. This decree comes into force from the day of its signing," said the decree signed by Putin and published by the Kremlin.
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