Mikhail Khodorkovsky has issued the residence permit in Switzerland

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30 of March. Mikhail Khodorkovsky (former Russian entrepreneur) received a residence permit in Switzerland. Michael plans to settle in Canton St. Gallen.

The Federal office for migration reported that the residence permit was issued to "B" category. Term of 1 year. Later a residence permit may be extended.

The resolution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky issued on March 27. As reported by Martin Reichlin (spokesman of the Federal office for migration), Khodorkovsky chose this Canton, because there lives his family. Spokesman did not rule out that Mikhail chose St. Gallen because of the good tax regime.

Recall that in Switzerland the former businessman has arrived in December 2013. February 20, Khodorkovsky has filed documents for receiving residence permit in the Canton of St. Gallen. This request was reviewed. No violations of the current legislation were found.

Speech on the granting of Swiss nationality at the moment is not, because for him to have to live in the country for at least 12 years. Data from local media, it became known that for living Khodorkovsky chose the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona, which is located on the shore of lake Zurich. In this commune, the population is about 26 thousand people.

The Yukos Affair

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and head of Menatep held defendants in two criminal cases. In the first criminal case in may 2005, the Meshchansky court of Moscow sentenced them to 9 years of imprisonment (the case concerned fraud and tax evasion). Later, the sentence in this case was reduced to 8 years.

The second case of "theft" and "legalization of funds obtained by criminal means". In this case December 30, 2010, the defendants also were found guilty. They were assigned to 14 years of imprisonment in a standard regime penal colony. Later the sentence was reduced to 11 years. The Supreme court reduced the period for another few months.

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