some men to dance the former business partner of kremlin critic mikhail khodorkovsky was released from prison on friday. his release was ordered by russia's highest court. the fifty seven year old led the jets have been in jail since two thousand and three convicted of tax evasion and money don't bring like what a costly. he was freed last month that the best imprisonment was slammed by international observers as physically motivations the secret of greatness is studying young video emerged at the end of the week of the safest a full day in australia the two year note is still in diapers that can skate bowl but the best of them. the toddler comes from a family of skateboard enthusiasts and is apparently been practicing since he was six months old the video taken by his father is currently going viral and that includes reviews the week's news the new the changing one's mind is will we choose and use the peace process was for many years. in twenty oh eight and its brightness of this trial. what i'm talking of interest. i know. the wind and rain and wind. read about . well today from fran

the jailed business partner of the former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been granted an early release by russia's supremes court platon lebedev libertad has been due to walk free in may but will now do so in just a matter of hours artie's has this report. waiting for the official papers from the supreme court to visit liberals to the prison where he has been serving his sentence this supreme court has found that it is illegal for early release and. moment. also the time that it has spent in prison in two thousand and four and two thousand and five before he was actually sentenced for the first. was actually illegal and that was sort of a victory for pot only to be however on top of all of this the supreme court has actually. paid seventeen billion rubles that's about five hundred million dollars reimbursement for the taxes that he hasn't paid this is exactly what he said he does not intend to do because. he is innocent of that and that is also precisely the reason why we probably will not be seeing the former oil tycoon coming back to russia any time soon because the charges seven hun

developments to come out of russia at the end of twenty thirteen was the pardon of former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovskywho spent a decade behind bars once russia's richest man he'd be in prison in prison for tax fraud and embezzlement president putin granting her pardon on humanitarian grounds as the former tycoon's mother is seriously ill. go looks at what could be next for him. after ten years in jail and. now has to decide what to do with his newfound freedom and some of his plans have caused a few raised eyebrows. some of my comrades remain in jail they are my fellow sufferers for example my friend platon lebedev alexei protrusion there are still other political prisoners in russia not only those related to the u. cos case i am free now and i'm asking you to think of it as something which symbolizes that the efforts of civil society can lead to the release of some people who no one thought would be able to walk free that you can was the head of security for mr hodder cost his oil company yukos he is currently serving a life sentence for five counts of murder in two thousand and seven a court convic

the job business part of the former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been granted an early release by russia's supremes court. has been due to have been due to walk free in may but will no do so in just a matter of hours. as the details basically the decision was made in both cases. he was actually released a presidential pardon as part of the nationwide amnesty and left prison time was remaining in the colony and he sentence was reduced to just. over ten and a half years but seeing as he's already served he is free to go as soon as the prison that he's serving his sentence and in the north of russia receive the official papers it could be as early as today it could be tomorrow basically now we're just waiting for that. be delivered to the prison officials now when it comes to the other part of the case that the supreme court was looking at it has upheld the earlier ruling that whether he must reimburse the state just over seventeen billion rubles in taxes which he owes and that actually is part of the case because both of course negative have been serving their prison sentences on

platon lebedev the business partner of the formal oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky has been released from a penal colony in russia's northwest and is now heading to moscow as if he was granted an early release by russia's supremum court that would have been due to walk free a may but a judge has cut his jail term to the ten and a half years he has already served two former oil tycoons were convicted of investment and money laundering but of course he was released from prison in december following a presidential pardon the court upheld the previous ruling but obliges both men to pay the state around five hundred million dollars in damages that brings up today for the moment more news in just over half an hour from now in the meantime larry king grills a veteran u.s. politician and the future of congress and the white house is coming our way after the break here on out international. another whistleblowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secret cia plans or some other plot for a new war of luxury no she exposed something far

supreme court has reduced the prison sentence of the business partner a former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky it means that plot on death could actually walk free later today or tomorrow or bring in the details as soon as we get them but for the meantime let's get to some other world headlines for you in brief the government on motorcycles of killed five policemen and wounded two others in egypt the attack occurred at a checkpoint just south of cairo security forces are being increasingly targeted after the country's military toppled islam its president mohamed morsi that was last july. and to thailand where protesters have defied a government imposed state of emergency decree gives the authorities powers to impose curfews censor media and detain suspects without charge one leading pro-government activist was shot and wounded in bangkok on wednesday one man was killed and dozens injured when grenades were thrown at demonstrators just. a russian trawler has left the west african country of senegal that's softer its owners paid around a million dollars in bail the old leg was seized nearly thre