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MOSCOW, Russia — Vladimir P. Yevtushenkov, not long ago one of Russia’s richest men, walked free on Dec. 17 after 92 days under house arrest. He was held by prosecutors on charges of laundering money from the purchase of an oil company in 2009 — charges that President Vladimir V. Putin ultimately acknowledged could not be substantiated.

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