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Khodorkovsky holds first news conference since his abrupt release

2013-12-22 126 Dailymotion

Mikhail Khodorkovsky made his first public comments on Sunday in Berlin, following his sudden release from a remote Russian prison camp on Friday.<br/> <br />The former Tycoon turned Kremlin critic was freed from a ten-year jail term after President Vladimir Putin granted him a pardon.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) FREED FORMER RUSSIAN TYCOON MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"When a chief of my prison camp woke me up at two o'clock in the morning, I was told that I would be going home. Then during my trip I found out that it would end in Berlin."<br/> <br />Khodorkovsky was convicted in 2003 for charges his supporters say were politically motivated.<br/> <br />He had funded opposition parties, questioned state policies, and fashioned himself as a Western-style post-Soviet executive.<br/> <br />On Sunday, Khodorkovsky said he had no plans to revive his political career.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) FREED FORMER RUSSIAN TYCOON MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I am not going to engage in any political ac

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