Khodorkovsky Guilty, Plans Appeal
27 December 2010 | Issue 4550
A Moscow district court judge dashed hopes for a liberalization of the country's judicial climate Monday as he found former Yukos boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev guilty of embezzlement and money laundering in a second trial.
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