Mikhail Khodorkovsky travels to Switzerland

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The former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Switzerland after obtaining a three-month visa.

The visa allows Khodorkovsky to travel anywhere within the 26-nation Schengen group of European countries, but not to the UK.

His spokesman, Christian Hanne, said Khodorkovsky and his wife travelled to Switzerland from Germany by train to accompany their two sons, who were returning to their Swiss school.

Khodorkovsky was pardoned on 20 December after spending more than a decade in Russian prisons for a conviction that many considered political revenge for challenging the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

After his release he flew immediately to Berlin, and days later he applied for the visa to enter Switzerland, where he has strong business ties.

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