Russia high court leaves oil tycoon in exile, releases business partner

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Russia [official website, in Russian] on Thursday upheld the tax claim keeping former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] in exile and released his business partner Platon Lebedev [JURIST news archive]. Lebedev's release came four months early, with the remainder of his sentence considered time served. Khodorkovsky was released from prison following a pardon [JURIST report] in December from Russian President Vladimir Putin [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Despite the pardon, he...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/russia-high-court-frees-lebedev-leaves-khodorkovsky-in-exile.php

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