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Re:Putin critic Khodorkovsky in Germany after pardon by alan_cx on Friday December 20, 2013 @09:19PM (#6945403)
Yeah, it is surprising. Must be a reason for it. Clearly he's lost most if not all of his money, but Im sure he has some public appeal which would be dangerous for Putin. Or maybe he just agreed to come to Europe, buy a football club and shut up.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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Re:Putin critic Khodorkovsky in Germany after pardon by lobster_johnson on Friday December 20, 2013 @09:32PM (#6945439)
This, together with the release of Pussy Riot and the Greenpeace activists, has been speculated as being Russia's attempt to clean up its image for the 2014 Olympic Games. Given the timing, it's not surprising.
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