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Russia arbitration judge declares Yukos bankrupt
A Russian arbitration court judge declared oil company Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive; corporate website; Wikipedia backgrounder] bankrupt Tuesday and said the company may be liquidated to pay creditors. The decision, which had been e (More) |
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Russian justice minister, prosecutor general switched in Putin shakeup
Two Russian officials switched roles Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin appointed former Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov to the justice minister post several hours after former Justice Minister Yury Chaika was approved as the new prosecutor (More) |
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Khodorkovsky back in solitary confinement for violating prison rules
Former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive] has been placed in solitary confinement for violating a prison rule for the third time, Khodorkovsky's lawyer Denis Dyatlev said Monday. Khodorkovsky was pla (More) |
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Russia prosecutor-general resigns unexpectedly
Russian Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov unexpectedly quit Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website; BBC profile] recommended to the Russian upper house - the Federation Council - that Ustinov be asked to step down from o (More) |
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Russia court rules Khodorkovsky prison reprimand unfair
A Russian court has ruled that officials at the Siberian prison holding former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] unfairly punished him in December by reprimanding him for leaving a prison workshop without receivin (More) |
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Russia court denies Khodorkovsky appeal against sentence
The Moscow City Court has denied the appeal of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive], saying it could find no grounds to reconsider Khodorkovsky's eight-year prison sentence . Khodorkovsky's lawyers h (More) |
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Yukos lawyer convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion
Svetlana Bakhmina , a lawyer for the Russian oil company Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive], was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and embezzlement for her part in a scheme to strip assets worth over $300 million from a Yukos subsidiary (More) |
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Russia court rules Khodorkovsky solitary confinement unlawful
A city court in Siberia where former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive] is currently in prison ruled Tuesday that his 5-day transfer to solitary confinement earlier this year was unlawful. Khodorkovsky was tempor (More) |
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International brief ~ Japan concerned Chinese ship ban violates international law
Leading Monday's international brief, Japan has raised concerns that a navigation ban on commercial ships in part of the East China Sea may actually violate Japan's sovereignty and international law under the UN Convention on the Law of the (More) |
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Khodorkovsky injured in prison assault
Former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive] has been hospitalized in Russia after being stabbed in the face by another prisoner while he slept, Khodorkovsky's lawyer Yury Schmidt said Saturday. The injury to Kh (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
