පූටින් වගේ අපේ ජනාධිපතිතුමත් ධම්මිකලාට මේ දේ කරා නම් රටට කොයි තරම් සේවයක් වෙනවද! 
පූටින් එක්ක හැප්පෙන්න ගිහින් කොරගත්තු දෙ. හොඳ පාඩමක් ඉගන ගන්න ඇති.
Former Russian oil tycoon and staunch Kremlin critic jailed for a decade given one-year permit with possibility of renewal
The former Russian oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed late last year after a decade in prison, has been granted a one-year residence permit in Switzerland, migration authorities said on Sunday.
"His application was approved," Martin Reichlin, a spokesman for the country's federal migration office, said.
The permit was granted to the 50-year-old foe of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday and comes with the possibility of renewal.
Khodorkovsky has been living in Switzerland since shortly after he was unexpectedly pardoned and released from jail in Russia on 20 December.
In accordance with complicated Swiss immigration laws, he had to first win approval for settling in a specific canton, in this case St Gallen, where his family lives and his children go to school.
Even though Khodorkovsky is not planning to work in Switzerland, often a prerequisite for gaining residency, a permit can be given when it is in the public interest, Reichlin said.
The canton had justified its decision with the substantial tax revenue it expects to gain from Khodorkovsky, he added.
Khodorkovsky was once Russia's richest man, and he is rumoured to still have a fortune of more than £68m, according to the NZZ am Sonntag weekly newspaper.
He was an influential politician with presidential ambitions who openly opposed Putin when the former KGB agent first entered the Kremlin in 2000.
Kremlin critics have widely condemned Khodorkovsky's arrest in 2003 and his subsequent conviction on fraud and embezzlement charges as an effort by Putin to silence his most powerful rival.
Khodorkovsky left Russia immediately after his release and has vowed not to return until the authorities drop old lawsuits against him worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He has not given up his political activities though. Earlier this month he visited Kiev and addressed a rally, lambasting Moscow's interference in Ukraine.
පූටින් එක්ක හැප්පෙන්න ගිහින් කොරගත්තු දෙ. හොඳ පාඩමක් ඉගන ගන්න ඇති.Former Russian oil tycoon and staunch Kremlin critic jailed for a decade given one-year permit with possibility of renewal
The former Russian oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was freed late last year after a decade in prison, has been granted a one-year residence permit in Switzerland, migration authorities said on Sunday.
"His application was approved," Martin Reichlin, a spokesman for the country's federal migration office, said.
The permit was granted to the 50-year-old foe of Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday and comes with the possibility of renewal.
Khodorkovsky has been living in Switzerland since shortly after he was unexpectedly pardoned and released from jail in Russia on 20 December.
In accordance with complicated Swiss immigration laws, he had to first win approval for settling in a specific canton, in this case St Gallen, where his family lives and his children go to school.
Even though Khodorkovsky is not planning to work in Switzerland, often a prerequisite for gaining residency, a permit can be given when it is in the public interest, Reichlin said.
The canton had justified its decision with the substantial tax revenue it expects to gain from Khodorkovsky, he added.
Khodorkovsky was once Russia's richest man, and he is rumoured to still have a fortune of more than £68m, according to the NZZ am Sonntag weekly newspaper.
He was an influential politician with presidential ambitions who openly opposed Putin when the former KGB agent first entered the Kremlin in 2000.
Kremlin critics have widely condemned Khodorkovsky's arrest in 2003 and his subsequent conviction on fraud and embezzlement charges as an effort by Putin to silence his most powerful rival.
Khodorkovsky left Russia immediately after his release and has vowed not to return until the authorities drop old lawsuits against him worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He has not given up his political activities though. Earlier this month he visited Kiev and addressed a rally, lambasting Moscow's interference in Ukraine.
අනික රුසියාව කියන්නෙ රුසියාව. මූ ගියා රට වටේ කැම්පේන් කර කර ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදෙ ඉල්ලන්න. අන්තිමේදි ඉල්ලං කෑවා.
