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A Legal Litmus Test.(International Edition; SHOW TRIALS)(Mikhail Khodorkovsky's corruption case)(Brief article)
Byline: Owen Matthews
How serious is President Dmitry Medvedev about repairing Russia's corrupt courts? A trial opening this week in Moscow could be a key test. Former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed in 2004 on tax-evasion charges after vexing the Kremlin by supporting opposition groups, faces new charges of stealing 350 million tons of oil--an amount, his lawyers point out, that's greater than Yukos's entire production. If convicted, he could get 22 years tacked onto the eight-year term he's serving in Siberia. The latest trial is a Putin-era ...
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