MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed for parole, according to the text of appeal released Monday by his supporters.
A Moscow appeals court last week upheld the second conviction of Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, keeping him behind bars until 2016 on politically tainted charges of stealing oil from his own company.
He is eligible for early release since he has served half of his 13-year sentence. It would be Khodorkovsky's second parole motion; his first was denied in 2008 by a judge who cited Khodorkovsky's refusal to take part in sewing classes while in prison, and other alleged misdemeanors including failure to hold his hands …
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