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Court rules to free jailed business partner of Khodorkovsky early

(23 Jan 2014) Russia's highest court ruled on Thursday to free the jailed business partner of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky about three months early. Khodorkovsky was pardoned in December by President Vladimir Putin and put directly on a plane to Berlin. Now his partner Platon Lebedev is to walk free. But the court left in place a back tax claim of 17 (b) billion rubles (500 (m) million US dollars) against Khodorkovsky that will in effect prevent him from returning to Russia. Both men spent more than 10 years in prison in a case seen as revenge against Khodorkovsky for challenging Putin's economic and political power in the early years of his presidency. Khodorkovsky has said he would not return to Russia as long as the back tax claim remained in force, since it could prevent him from leaving the country again. The Supreme Court ruled to reduce Lebedev's prison sentence to 10 years, six months and 22 days. Since Lebedev was arrested on July 2, 2003, this means he should be released immediately from a prison in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...