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Russia and the European Union set for Timber tiff The former oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is denied early release from prison. 1:49PM 1:28PM 1:24PM 1:10PM 12:56PM 1:24PM 1:10PM 12:48PM 12:00PM 11:20AM* 1:28PM 12:56PM 11:42AM 11:22AM* 11:02AM * updated. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Financial crisis posing major challenge Aug 23, 2008
The refusal Friday by a Siberian court to grant early release for former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky came as investors were already pulling money out because of falling oil prices, the spreading global credit crunch and fears of political meddling in business. The dollar-denominated MICEX index of leading Russian stocks has dipped 4 percent since the start of hostilities in Georgia on Aug. 8, and interest rates on some Russia bonds have risen compared to U.S. Treasuries, indicating greater... (Forbes)
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Russia and the European Union set for Timber tiff The former oil tycoon, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is denied early release from prison. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Dancing with the New Tsars Jun 12, 2008
The darker side of Russia's new dawn has been well covered in the West, with reports of deep corruption, crackdowns on the free media, assassination attempts on the wealthy, and the prosecution of powerful men like Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the multibillionaire whose political ideas apparently didn't sit well with the Kremlin, and who is now languishing in a Siberian labor camp. Putin's authoritarian style and distaste for dissidence have led many rich Russians to seek security elsewhere. (Salon)
Russia II: The real power struggle Feb 23, 2008
The political manipulation of the courts is thoroughly familiar to Russia-watchers, who recall similar tactics in the Yukos affair and the persecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - a process which both the Council of Europe and the Swiss Federal Tribunal have characterized as a politically motivated attack ... Robert Amsterdam is international defense counsel for Mikhail Khodorkovsky. (International Herald Tribune)
After years of isolation, Siberian town booms Jan 8, 2008
Although Yukos was declared bankrupt in 2006 and its former owner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, was sent to a Siberian jail for tax evasion, the company's assets passed to state-controlled Rosneft and the tradition continues. Around a fifth of the city's population attends one of Tomsk's 10 universities and institutes, many of them on scholarships to pursue petroleum-focused courses. (International Herald Tribune -- Money Report)
'Journalism is my only weapon' Jun 26, 2007
But beyond the personal, the book chronicled how Putin seized control of vital state assets - how, for instance, he destroyed the Yukos oil empire of the jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whom he saw as a political threat, and how he used the state energy monopoly Gazprom as an instrument of Kremlin control not only over Russia but also its neighbours. With a cover picture of a famous Soviet propaganda image of a woman fighter pilot in the Great Patriotic War, the book was an instant... (Guardian Unlimited)
Bullet removed from Vietnamese soldier's heart 39 years after war Apr 17, 2007
"Traveling to Cuba has been difficult for more than 40 years because of the country's rocky relations with the United States. In 2004, the U.S. implemented special restrictions that made it even more difficult.Russian court upholds jailed tycoon's transfer from Siberia to Moscow prisonMOSCOW -- (AP) A Russian court on Monday upheld a decision to transfer Mikhail Khodorkovsky from Siberia to a Moscow prison amid a new investigation into theft and money laundering charges against the former oil... (North County Times)
Anna Nicole Smith's will creates more legal confusion Feb 17, 2007
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, was arrested in 2003 in a tax probe that eventually put Yukos into state hands. He is serving an eight-year prison sentence after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion in a politically charged trial widely seen as a Kremlin-driven punishment for challenging President Vladimir Putin. (North County Times)
Kremlin, Inc. Feb 3, 2007
That became clear on October 25, 2003, when armed and masked F.S.B. agents stormed a private jet and arrested Mikhail Khodorkovsky as he was about to depart from the Novosibirsk Airport, in Siberia. Khodorkovsky was Russias richest and, after Putin himself, easily its most influential man. (Ocnus.net)
Moscow Mayor: Gay Pride Parade Is 'Satanic' Jan 30, 2007
Moscow Mayor Calls Gay Pride Parade Satanic - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM (Newsmax)
Kremlin Inc ready to take on the West Jan 7, 2007
The Russian government was accused of handing Yuganskneftegaz - the main operating arm of the Yukos oil company founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the oligarch jailed by Putin - to Rosneft in a 'sham' auction. Many opposed the Rosneft flotation, claiming it was a form of money laundering. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Behind The Curtains are More Curtains Jan 7, 2007
In a further example of the dubious activities of the Arlington, Virginia-based Fellowship Foundation, dubbed the "Christian Mafia" by many local residents, two of Nevzlin's wanted Yukos fellow shareholders, oligarchs Mikhail Brudno and Vladimir Dubov, who were indicted in Russia on charges similar to those brought against jailed Yukos former chairman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, were invited the have breakfast with President George W. Bush at the February 5, 2005, "National Prayer Breakfast." The... (Ocnus.net)
