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Russian prosecutors filing new charges against Khodorkovsky

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Monday that additional charges will be filed against Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The charges include allegations of embezzlement and theft, contending that Khodorkovsky and a group of investors embezzled more than $100 million from his former company Yukos. Additional charges will also be filed against Khodorkovsky's former partner Platon Lebedev. Khodorkovsky's supporters believe that the charges are politically motivated for his opposition of former Russian president Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2005 for fraud and tax evasion, charges which he still denies. Khodorkovsky applied for early release last July, but his application was rejected by a Russian judge in August because he disobeyed guards at the Krasnokamensk penal colony, refused to participate in a training program, and faced the possibility of additional charges. Khodorkovsky appealed that decision in September.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 17, 2009 (boomark / email).