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Russia to free Khodorkovsky aide

The business partner of former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is to be freed from a Russian jail following a Supreme Court order delivered on Thursday.

Freed: Platon Lebedev (right) to join Mikhail Khodorkovsky in release from prison
Freed: Platon Lebedev (right) to join Mikhail Khodorkovsky in release from prison
  • Eoin O'Cinneide & news wires
Published 23 January 2014, 14:08Updated 23 January 2014, 14:10
Eastern Europe