Maria Alyokhina and and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova pardoned three months before their scheduled release
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Russian Oligarch Khodorkovsky Reunited With Family in Germany
The former oil tycoon is expected to speak at a news conference Sunday
Putin’s Latest Moves Tip the Balance of Power Toward Russia
Moscow’s diplomatic victory in Ukraine was a thumb in Brussels’s eye. It’s all part of the Kremlin’s emboldened foreign policy.
Meet Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s Freed Oligarch and Putin Foe
The Russian oil tycoon once presented a serious challenge to President Vladimir Putin, who threw him in jail for ten years
Putin Foe Released From Prison, Goes to Germany
After a decade in prison, the former oil tycoon was abruptly pardoned
Khodorkovsky’s Pardon: Another Sign Putin Is Winning
As part of a wider amnesty, the Russian President announced he intends to release his greatest political rival, the jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. It’s a mark of just how comfortable Putin is in power.
Putin To Pardon Jailed Oil Tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the richest man in Russia before he was imprisoned almost 10 years ago
Putin Says NSA Surveillance Necessary to Fight Terrorism
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that surveillance conducted by the United States is needed to fight terrorism, but that the government should “limit the appetite” of the National Security Agency.
Speaking a news conference in Moscow, Putin said the NSA’s surveillance “isn’t a cause for joy, it’s not a cause …
Russia Amnesty Law Could Free Pussy Riot, Greenpeace Activists
Change ahead of Winter Olympics next year in Sochi
Olympic Flame Torchbearer Dies of Heart Attack
Torchbearer dies of heart attack as the Olympic flame makes its way to Sochi
Western Diplomats Are Going to Disappoint Ukraine’s Protesters
The hand of U.S. diplomacy swept down over Ukraine this week with an odd bit of American largesse — a plastic bag of bread. Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, bore the bag on …
Kremlin Appoints Gay-Bashing Anchor to Lead Its Media Empire
The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin has disbanded long-running state news agency RIA Novosti and reorganized it under a new, even more propagandistic operation — a sign, critics fear, of Putin’s deepening authoritarianism
Putin Dissolves State News Outlets
Folded into new entity in effort to bolster Russia’s global image