Mogul Sought by Russia Is Released From Prison
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Former media mogul Vladimir A. Gusinsky, wanted in Russia on suspicion of a multimillion-dollar fraud, was ordered freed from an Athens prison on $108,200 bail but must remain in Greece pending a ruling on his extradition, his lawyer said.
Gusinsky owned NTV, once Russia’s biggest independent television station, before the state wrested control.
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