German politician Marieluise Beck of the environmental Greens party smiles next to freed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky during their meeting in Hotel Adlon in Berlin, in this December 21, 2013 handout picture. REUTERS/Stefan Kaminski/Handout
BERLIN/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Sunday he would not seek power in Russia but fight for the freedom of political prisoners, challenging Vladimir Putin two days after the president freed him from jail.
After more than a decade in prison that made him a symbol of what Putin's critics say is his intolerance of dissent, Khodorkovsky, 50, told reporters in Berlin that "the struggle for power is not for me".
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