MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky ended a two-day hunger strike on Wednesday after the Kremlin confirmed complaints about his detention had been passed on to President Dmitry Medvedev.
Khodorkovsky said a decision last week to extend his stay at a pre-trial detention facility in Moscow during his second trial violated a law signed by Medvedev earlier this year and demanded the president be informed.
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