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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Selective Justice
Local Russian News In English

Newly published memoirs by Lord Browne, the former chief executive officer of British Petroleum, cast new light on the Yukos affair just as Yukos shareholders filed a lawsuit for $50 billion against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights. The book includes an insider's view of Russia?s oil oligarchs, which could hypothetically reinforce the claim that Khodorkovsky's prosecution was politically motivated.
Source: Russia Profile.org

Khodorkovsky Mikhail

Russian court: ex-tycoon guilty:

Moscow court convicts Mikhail Khodorkovsky along with his business partner of embezzling $27bn. Ref. Source 8

Mikhail Khodorkovsky History & Civil Business Politics

Triumphant Justice, Take Two
Local Russian News In English

The drawn-out second trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev - seen as a gauge of President Dmitry Medvedev's commitment to the rule of law - reached its anticipated conclusion on Monday afternoon, while the West enjoyed Christmas. Today?s guilty verdict means that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev could remain in jail until 2017.
Source: Russia Profile.org

Khodorkovsky Mikhail

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sentenced to six more years in jail for fraud. Ref. BBC

Khodorkovsky Mikhail

Justice Has Prevailed - Khodorkovsky's Trip to the Slammer: "Booyah, Putin"
By Mike Whitney

Khodorkovsky was convicted because he's a crook and because the Russian justice system is less corrupt than the one in the US. Ref. Source 7

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky released from prison

Khodorkovsky has spent the last 10 years in prison on charges of tax evasion and embezzlement. Ref. Source 4