By Dan Bloom and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:24 EST, 22 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:52 EST, 23 December 2013 Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been reunited with his family after being freed from prison and arriving in Berlin Russia's former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky has revealed he was stabbed in the nose during a gruelling 10-year prison term. The 50-year-old oil magnate was freed two days ago from his 'politically-motivated' sentence by the Russian authorities, who many claim are trying to improve their image before February's Winter Olympics. Today the long-standing rival to President Putin gave an emotional press conference in which he vowed to keep campaigning for political prisoners - but admitted he will no longer be involved in the 'struggle for power'.
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Once Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 50, was freed this week
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He told first TV interview how his attacker just missed his eye with a knife
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Putin released him on 'compassionate grounds' because his mother is ill
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But many fear the former tycoon has made a deal to duck out of politics
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He was jailed for fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement in 2003
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Supporters say he was targeted for daring to finance opposition to Putin
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