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5 days ago · This is what the West must do. As the journalist’s trial starts this week, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who Putin jailed for ten years, says any deal should include the release of others unjustly detained by the Kremlin. The trial of the American journalist Evan Gershkovich will begin behind closed doors in a Russian court on Wednesday.
3 days ago · Mikhail Khodorkovsky provides further insight into the dynamics of the Putin-Xi relationship. Putin’s delegation to Beijing included top officials and oligarchs, symbolizing the importance of the visit.
4 days ago · The funds belonged to former Yukos executives Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. Moscow's Meshchansky District Court has ordered the seizure of 1.4 billion rubles ($16 million) from exiled former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his one-time business partner Platon Lebedev, Russian media reported on Monday.
4 days ago · Khodorkovsky (left) and Lebedev (right) in 2004. Getty Images Mikhail Khodorkovsky Sentence: 13 years Behind bars: 10 years Net worth: Drop-off, 2006 Platon Lebedev Sentence: 13 years
2 days ago · The case of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a landmark, after which judges began to understand that political priorities overrode judicial ones, said a lawyer who still works in Russia.
2 days ago · And in 2003 Russia’s richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the oil giant Yukos, was arrested and eventually convicted of fraud and tax evasion. The campaign against certain oligarchs caused fear among many about Putin’s commitment to freedom of speech and the press.
2 days ago · “No Putin is worth undermining property rights [for],” former Russian oligarch turned dissident opposition activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky told bne IntelliNews in an interview in Berlin last year. “I’m for it but only if it is done via a court of law. I’m for giving people an exit.
