Khodorkovsky flew to Germany

After the release from the colony, Mikhail Khodorkovsky flew to Germany, where his mother is under treatment.

“During the liberation of Khodorkovsky M.B. He asked a personal request for the execution of documents for traveling abroad. -The press Bureau of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation says. “After liberation, he flew to the Federal Republic of Germany, where his mother undergoes treatment.”

“We emphasize that the departure took place at his request and documents for departure were executed by his personal appeal,” the FSIN says.

Today, December 20, the former head of the company Yukos was pardoned by the presidential decree and after 3709 days spent in prison, was released. At 12:20 he left the colony in the Karelian city of Segezha, where he has been since June 2011.

In the decree, pardon is motivated by "principles of humanity." Earlier, Vladimir Putin, as one of the reasons for the decision on pardon, called the disease of his mother Mikhail Khodorkovsky .

PS Press Center Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Mikhail Lebedev published a statement made by Khodorkovsky after his release.

It, in particular, states that he asked for pardon on November 12 "in connection with family circumstances and glad a positive decision." “The question was not posed on guilty,” Khodorkovsky emphasized.