An exiled Russian Jewish leader said he would withdraw from Russian politics and focus on his Jewish charity projects. Leonid Nevzlin, a former oil executive with Yukos, made his comments last Friday in an interview published in Izevistiya, a Moscow daily newspaper. Nevzlin, who emigrated to Israel last year, said he would spend much of his time supporting and developing Jewish academic projects in Russia and Israel.
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