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Khodorkovsky says "the struggle for power is not for me"

Former oil tycoon MikhailKhodorkovsky said on Sunday that he will not shy away frompublic activity but would not get directly involved in Russianpolitics.

"The struggle for power is not for me," Khodorkovsky told anews conference in Berlin, where he travelled after his releasefrom prison on Friday following a pardon from President VladimirPutin.

Khodorkovsky also said he hopes Putin will not stay in powerfor life and urged Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich tofollow Putin's example and free opposition leader YuliaTymoshenko.

The former Yukos oil company chief said he is in a goodfinancial situation and does not intend to go back intobusiness.