Khodorkovsky faces new trial
Published: 03 March, 2009, 14:11
Russia’s most famous prisoner, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who's serving an eight-year term for tax evasion and fraud, faces a new trial in Moscow.
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Published: 03 March, 2009, 14:11
Russia’s most famous prisoner, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who's serving an eight-year term for tax evasion and fraud, faces a new trial in Moscow.