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Yeah, it is surprising. Must be a reason for it. Clearly he's lost most if not all of his money, but Im sure he has some public appeal which would be dangerous for Putin. Or maybe he just agreed to come to Europe, buy a football club and shut up.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

This, together with the release of Pussy Riot and the Greenpeace activists, has been speculated as being Russia's attempt to clean up its image for the 2014 Olympic Games. Given the timing, it's not surprising.

That assumes he actually wants to put one over on Putin. But there are other ways to have a good life, especially if one is a very capable entrepreneur.

I'm surprised they let him go too. I guess we'll see if he dies of some form of aggressive cancer a year from now.

Dangerous or not dangerous, 10 years of life spent in prison is a lot.

Let's see what happens next.