German press cheers Khodorkovsky's release but criticises Putin
German editorialists Saturday cheered freed Kremlin critic and ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's arrival in Berlin after years in jail in Russia but deemed it evidence of President Vladimir Putin's authoritarianism.
(AFP) German editorialists Saturday cheered freed Kremlin critic and ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's arrival in Berlin after years in jail in Russia but deemed it evidence of President Vladimir Putin's authoritarianism.
"Anyone with even a little appreciation for justice must be glad," wrote mass circulation Bild newspaper, a day after the lightning release from prison of Russia's former richest man and his surprise flight to Germany.
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