A judge in Moscow has found former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner guilty of corruption charges, his lawyer said Monday.
The reading of the verdict in the corruption trial of former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been postponed until December 27, the judge's office said.
Russia's most famous prisoner, and once its richest citizen, says the latest corruption charges against him are designed to prevent his release from jail.
Imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced he will run for a seat representing Moscow in Russia's State Duma, or lower house of parliament, his press center confirmed to CNN.
Imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has gone on a hunger strike to protest the treatment of his business partner, who is being held in solitary confinement, his lawyer Anton Drel told CNN.
A Russian court found oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev guilty of tax evasion and other serious crimes on Tuesday and sentenced each to nine years in prison, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty of an array of charges including fraud and tax evasion and sentenced to nine years in prison, minus time served.
Judges in the marathon trial of Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky adjourned after a fifth day of summing up Friday, as the reading of the verdict dragged on so long even his parents left the courtroom.
The Moscow court reading the verdict in the trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky indicated he could receive a lighter sentence than originally sought, according to news reports.
The Russian Prosecutor General's office says it plans to present new charges -- including one of money-laundering -- against former top managers of the Yukos oil company.
A Moscow court has issued an arrest warrant for Leonid Nevzlin, a key figure in the troubled Yukos Oil Company, accusing him of involvement in contract killings in 2002.
Yukos oil company's appeal of a massive tax bill has been adjourned after the judge resigned from the case citing unspecified psychological pressure, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
Russia's richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky has returned under guard to court to reject all charges against him and the company he used to head, Yukos oil.
Russian oil giant Yukos will try to pay a $3.4 billion tax bill "in the next few days," a company lawyer said Tuesday, Russian media report.
Russian oil giant Yukos and its founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky are reportedly attempting to strike new deals to save the group from bankruptcy.
As Russia's deputy finance minister indicated that the government and oil giant Yukos could reach an agreement to restructure a multi-billion-dollar tax bill for 2000, the Russian prosecutor general Tuesday said that the company may be forced to pay back taxes for other years, too.
The trial of Mikahil Khodorkovsky, former head of Yukos Oil Company, has been delayed for a second time.
Lawyers for Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky have won a delay in his trial on tax evasion and fraud charges.
The trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on tax evasion and fraud charges is set to start June 16 and will be combined with fellow Yukos stockholder Platon Lebedev's trial on similar charges, a Russian court has announced.
The trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on tax evasion and fraud charges is set to start June 16th and will be combined with fellow Yukos stockholder Platon Lebedev's trial on similar charges, a Russian court announced Monday.
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