Former Russian Oil Tycoon Prepares for New Trial
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
A new trial for former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky gets underway later this month, as he faces new charges by the government. The man who was once worth an estimated $15 billion, is back in Moscow from Siberia where he has been serving an eight-year prison sentence after being convicted on fraud and tax evasion charges in 2005 when Vladimir Putin was Russia's president. Khodorkovsky and his supporters called that case politically motivated, meted out as punishment by a Kremlin angered by his political and business ambitions. Anya Ardayeva reports on the latest charges from the Russian capital.
