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Former PM reacts to release of Russian tycoon Khodorkovsky

2013-12-21 43 Dailymotion

The media have flocked to Hotel Adlon in Berlin.<br/> <br />That's where former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is thought to be.<br/> <br />He was jailed for a decade in Russian prisons for challenging President Vladimir Putin.<br/> <br />But on Friday, Khodorkovsky was unexpectedly freed by a Presidential pardon from Putin himself.<br/> <br />He hastily flew to Germany to reunite with family, and on Saturday, gave his first interview since his release to a Russian magazine which published these photos.<br/> <br />In Moscow, former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov - a prominent opposition leader -- thinks the secretive nature of the prison release was likely Putin's idea.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) FORMER RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER MIKHAIL KASYANOV, SAYING:<br/> <br />"He flew to Germany immediately, without even traveling to St.Petersburg or Moscow, to his home….It means he is in a forced political emigration. How long will it last for? We have to see how the situation develops."<br/> <br />Kasyanov thinks the release

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