GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky applied for a Schengen visa at the Swiss embassy in Berlin on Tuesday, the Swiss foreign ministry said.
Khodorkovsky, 50, has been staying in Berlin since Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprise decision last week to free him after a decade in prison on fraud and tax evasion charges. Khodorkovsky has close ties to Switzerland.
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