Khodorkovsky says cannot currently return to Russia
Russia's freed former tycoon and richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Sunday said he was currently unable to return to Russia due to a court order to pay over half a billion dollars dating back to his first conviction in 2005.
(AFP) Russia's freed former tycoon and richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Sunday said he was currently unable to return to Russia due to a court order to pay over half a billion dollars dating back to his first conviction in 2005.
Khodorkovsky said that the court order for him to pay $550 million in damages was still in place. If he went back to Russia, "Russian law has the power of not allowing me to leave for abroad," the Interfax news agency quoted him as saying in Berlin.
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