Putin Wishes Khodorkovsky ‘Good Health’ After Sentence Cut
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man, will be freed from prison in 2014 after a Moscow court reduced his second sentence for fraud and tax evasion by two years.
President Vladimir Putin today wished Khodorkovsky “good health” after his release and said he hadn’t influenced the courts on the former billionaire Yukos Oil Co. owner’s case. Khodorkovsky and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, had their terms cut to 11 years from 13 years by the Moscow City Court.