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.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Released from Prison

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A helicopter takes off near the prison where Mikhail Khodorkovsky was kept in Segezha, near Petrozavodsk, Dec. 20, 2013.

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A 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.