Putin Commissioner Seeks Khodorkovsky Amnesty to Lure Investment
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Russia would send a positive signal to investors with the release of former Yukos Oil Co. owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky as part of an amnesty for people convicted of economic crimes, said Boris Titov, appointed by President Vladimir Putin June 21 as the commissioner for business rights.
Titov will propose to Putin the release of 13,000 people jailed for economic crimes, including Khodorkovsky, who has been in jail since 2003 and has a sentence that ends in 2017, he said yesterday in an interview at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.