Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky a free man

December 20, 2013 at 11:27a.m.

BERLIN (AP) — After spending 10 years in Russian jails for what many in the West believe were trumped-up offenses, Mikhail Khodorkovsky left prison a free man today and immediately flew to Germany. Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned his long-time rival this morning and the country’s Federal Penitentiary Service said Khodorkovsky quickly left the IK-7 prison in the remote northwestern village of Segezha.