Khodorkovsky ends hunger strike as ex-Yukos lawyer transferred to hospital February 11, 2008
[JURIST] Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] ended a nearly two-week long hunger strike Monday as former Yukos executive and lawyer Vasily Aleksanian [defense website; JURIST news archive] was confirmed to have been transferred to a Moscow hospital.... [more] 
Russia top court upholds new Khodorkovsky investigation December 26, 2007
[JURIST] The Russian Supreme Court [official website; in Russian] has overruled a lower court decision [JURIST report] that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos [JURIST news archive] founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his partner.... [more] 
Khodorkovsky denied transfer from Siberian jail September 28, 2007
[JURIST] An east Siberian court Friday ruled that former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] should remain in custody for another three months in order to prevent him from obstructing a new investigation into Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon.... [more] 
Moscow court rules new Khodorkovsky probe illegal September 13, 2007
[JURIST] A Russian court Thursday upheld a ruling that a new investigation into former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] and his partner Platon Lebedev [advocacy website] was illegal. The Moscow City Court supported Moscow's Basmanny Court ban on an.... [more] 
Khodorkovsky sues prosecutors for ignoring transfer order to Moscow jail July 2, 2007
[JURIST] Lawyers for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] filed a lawsuit Monday against Russian deputy chief prosecutor Viktor Grin and prosecutor Salavat Karimov, alleging that the two officials are ignoring a March court order [JURIST report] to transfer.... [more] 
Russia court upholds decision to move Khodorkovsky to Moscow jail April 16, 2007
[JURIST] A Russian court Monday upheld a decision [JURIST report] to move former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [advocacy website, JURIST news archive] from a Siberian penal colony to a Moscow prison while officials investigate new charges of money laundering [JURIST report]. The ruling also.... [more] 
Russia court orders Khodorkovsky moved to Moscow jail for new investigation March 21, 2007
[JURIST] A Russian judge has ordered imprisoned former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] moved to a detention center in Moscow during an investigation into new embezzlement and money laundering charges [JURIST report], according to one of Khodorkovsky's defense.... [more] 
Russian prosecutors insist Khodorkovsky charges not politically motivated February 9, 2007
[JURIST] Russian prosecutors said Friday their case against former Yukos [corporate website] CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his business partner, Platon Lebedev [defense website], is solely a criminal matter and not politically motivated. A spokesperson for the.... [more] 
Khodorkovsky lambastes latest 'absurd' indictment February 7, 2007
[JURIST] Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [JURIST news archive] on Wednesday condemned new charges [MBK statement; JURIST report] brought against him by the Russian government earlier this week, calling the indictment "absurd and ungrounded." Prosecutors charged Khodorkovsky and.... [more] 
Russia prosecutors file new money laundering charges against Khodorkovsky February 5, 2007
[JURIST] Russian prosecutors have brought new money laundering charges [MBK statement; JURIST report] against former Yukos [corporate website] CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive], his lawyers said Monday. Khodorkovsky was convicted in May 2005 of tax evasion [JURIST.... [more] 



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