MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. When Russian President Vladimir Putin amnestied former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky two years ago, he did not have any information that Khodorkovsky was under suspicion of involvement in the 1998 murder of Nefteyugansk Mayor Vladimir Petukhov, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
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