The Kremlin announced on Friday that Russian President Putin had signed the decree pardoning Michail Khodorkovsky, DW informs.
“Guided by humanitarian principles, I decree that Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky… should be pardoned and freed from any further punishment in the form of imprisonment. This decree comes into force from the day of its signing,” the decree read.
Khodorkovsky’s lead lawyer Vadim Klyuvgant said he was still “awaiting information.”
