Khodorkovsky may be released from prison before end of Friday
Russia
December 20, 2013, 12:22
MOSCOW, December 20. /ITAR-TASS/. Former CEO of the oil corporation YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, may be released from prison before the end of Friday, his lawyer said.
Friday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on pardoning the man. The text of the document said the decision on pardoning had been taken proceeding from the principles of humanism.