>> Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's most famous prisoner, is now a free man. >> The former oil tycoon, who spent more than a decade behind bars, left the Segezha

>> Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's most famous prisoner, is now a free man. >> The former oil tycoon, who spent more than a decade behind bars, left the Segezha prison colony on Friday morning, Russia's federal penitentiary system reported, hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorising Mr Khodorkovsky's release., the FT's Courtney Weaver has confirmed. >> In the two-sentence decree, Mr Putin said his decision to grant Mr Khodorkovsky clemency was "guided by the principles of humanity". The decree did not say whether the pardon had been conditional on Mr Khodorkovsky admitting guilt. >> Once Russia's richest man, Mr Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003 on allegations of tax evasion and fraud at his oil company Yukos, yet his arrest was widely seen as politically motivated as it came soon after he challenged Mr Putin over top-level corruption. >> Full story to come on ft.com