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Khodorkovsky`s partner walks free in Russia

Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky`s business partner Platon Lebedev on Friday walked free from prison after 10 years behind bars after Russia`s Supreme Court ordered his early release.

Moscow: Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky`s business partner Platon Lebedev on Friday walked free from prison after 10 years behind bars after Russia`s Supreme Court ordered his early release. "Platon Lebedev left the prison colony... in the Arkhangelsk region around 10:00 pm Moscow time (1800 GMT)," a spokesman for the prison service told the RIA Novosti news agency.