MOSCOW – After Vladimir Putin's surprise announcement that he would grant a pardon to Mikhail Khodorkovsky after a decade in jail, many were expecting a "Mandela moment" with the ex oil tycoon confidently stepping out of prison into a jubilant crowd.

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