Reuters July 23, 2013 - 17:37 MOSCOW (Reuters) - An amnesty for Russia's jailed entrepreneurs, ordered by President Vladimir Putin, has begun with 13 people freed so far, the country's business ombudsman said on Tuesday. The amnesty was originally proposed by ombudsman Boris Titov last year and signed into law earlier in July as an attempt to correct failures in Russia's legal system, which has often seen entrepreneurs jailed on trumped-up charges. Titov, who was hired by Putin in 2012 to protect entrepreneurs' rights, has said that more than 13,000 are locked up for economic crimes and has forecast that thousands should be freed under the amnesty. "As of today, 13 people have been...
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