1/6Emergency ministry personnel stand near a helicopter at a field next to the Penal Colony 7, where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was held at the village of Segezha, near the Finnish border, 300 km south of the Arctic Circle, Dec. 20, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
2/6Jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is seen on a screen during an appeal for a reduced sentence at Russia's Supreme Court in Moscow August 6, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
3/6An Emergency Situations Ministry vehicle is parked next to an Emergency Situations Ministry helicopter near the prison where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was kept in Segezha, near Petrozavodsk, Dec. 20, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
4/6A helicopter takes off near the prison where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was kept in Segezha, near Petrozavodsk, Dec. 20, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
5/6A helicopter takes off near the prison where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was kept in Segezha, near Petrozavodsk, Dec. 20, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
6/6A prison service officer checks a car on the road at the prison where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was kept in Segezha, near Petrozavodsk, Russia, Dec. 20, 2013.
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has left Russia for Germany after being released from prison. He departed just hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a pardon for him -- ending more than 10 years of detention for tax evasion and embezzlement.
