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The Global Note: A Syria Vote…Talking To The Taliban…Famine Alert…More Cellphones Than Humans
has become an online hit, getting nearly 3 million views in just three days. The digitally altered clip posted on YouTube used news footage of the 2010 trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to put Putin behind bars instead.
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New Jersey Nets Owner to Run for President of Russiapolitically, he was arrested and imprisoned. Prokhorov was asked today if he feared a similar fate to that of Mikhail Khodorkovsky , in prison since 2003 for tax evasion and embezzlement. "I'm not doing anything illegal," he responded.
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Parole Plea Rejected for Khodorkovsky's Partner
A Russian court has rejected a parole plea by a business partner of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky . The court in the northwestern town of Velsk said Wednesday that Platon Lebedev was not eligible for parole because of two breaches
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Spaniard Gets 8 Years for Yukos Embezzlement
Garcia, who escaped from house arrest in Russia in 2007 and is now in Spain, came despite imprisoned Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky 's testimony that he didn't know of any such embezzlement. Valdes-Garcia, who has dual Russian-Spanish
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Khodorkovsky Supporters Detained at Moscow Rally
Police detained about 10 activists at a Moscow demonstration in support of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Sunday, his 48th birthday and eighth behind bars. Around 50 activists wearing red T-shirts with Khodorkovsky's portrait
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Nets Owner Prokhorov Elected Russian Party Chief
for his homeland as an investment haven. But some critics say these are merely PR counterweights to cases like Mikhail Khodorkovsky , once Russia's richest man, who was jailed on charges seen as politically motivated after he funded opposition
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Investigators: No Proof Khodorkovsky Judge Pressed
to present convincing evidence that the judge was pressured by his superiors in the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky . Natalya Vasilyeva's claim of political pressure reinforced widespread contentions that Khodorkovsky's conviction
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Russian Fugitive Buys 20 Percent of Israeli Daily
Russian-born tycoon Leonid Nevzlin, a former business partner of jailed Russian oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky , has bought a 20 percent stake in the dovish Haaretz daily for 140 million shekels ($41 million). The deal leaves the paper
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Khodorkovsky Testifies at Ex-Colleague's Trial
Making what may be his last public appearance before being sent back to prison, former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky testified on Thursday at the trial of a former colleague who is accused of siphoning off $13 billion from one of Khodorkovsky
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European Court: Khodorkovsky's Rights Violated
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected the contention that the 2003 arrest of oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky was politically motivated, dealing a setback to efforts of Khodorkovsky's supporters to portray him as a prisoner
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European Court: Khodorkovsky's Rights Violated
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky 's rights were violated after his arrest in 2003, but rejected his contention that the arrest and subsequent trial were politically
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European Court: Khodorkovsky's Rights Violated
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky 's rights were violated after his arrest in 2003 and ordered Russia to pay him €24,000 ($35,000) in damages and court
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Jailed Tycoon Khodorkovsky Files for Parole
Imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed for parole, according to the text of appeal released Monday by his supporters. A Moscow appeals court last week upheld
