Ailing former Yukos exec freed
A lawyer said a former executive of dismantled oil giant Yukos, who was jailed in 2006 and suffers from AIDS and cancer, has been freed after posting $1.8 million bail.
Vasily Aleksanian faces money-laundering and embezzlement charges. He is in a Moscow hospital, where he was moved in February while lawyers demanded that he be freed because of his health.
Drew Holiner, a lawyer for Aleksanian, said guards surrounding Aleksanian’s ward had been dismissed.
The Moscow City Court set bail for Aleksanian this month, with rights groups calling it too high. Holiner said the money was raised through private donations.
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