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US bankruptcy court asked to halt Yukos asset sale
Eduard Rebgun, who was appointed by a Moscow court hearing a bankruptcy case for crippled Russian oil company Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive] to manage the company, petitioned a federal court in New York City under Chapter 15 of the (More) |
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Yukos VP charged with embezzlement, money laundering
The vice president of Russian oil giant Yukos , Vasily Aleksanyan, has been charged by Russian prosecutors with embezzling company funds and laundering money. Aleksanyan, who only took over as Yukos VP on Tuesday, headed up Yukos’ legal depart (More) |
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Khodorkovsky appeals fraud conviction to European rights court
Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive; Khodorkovsky defense website], the former owner of Russian oil giant Yukos who was convicted of tax fraud last year and is now incarcerated in a Siberian prison , filed an appeal Tuesday (More) |
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Russia court grants Khodorkovsky more access to lawyers
A Moscow court on Thursday granted incarcerated Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive] more access to his lawyers, allowing consultation with them during prison working hours. Khodorkovsky, the former owner of a R (More) |
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Russian court orders Khodorkovsky accounts seized for Yukos back taxes
A Russian court in Moscow has ordered that the financial assets of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev be seized to pay alleged back taxes and fines for the Yukos oil company. Yukos has been fined nearly &17 billion (U (More) |
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Khodorkovsky appeals Siberian prison regulations to Russian Supreme Court
Mikhail Khodorkovsky [MosNews profile; JURIST news archive], the former owner of Russian oil giant Yukos convicted of tax fraud and now incarcerated in a Siberian prison , has appealed to the Russian Supreme Court against Siberian prison regulation (More) |
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Top Russian judge warns of weak judiciary, dictatorship
Russia's most senior judge has predicted that the Kremlin's growing power will eventually result in a dictatorship if it remains unchecked by the country's judiciary. Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation Valery (More) |
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Swiss court denies Russian request for Yukos documents
The Swiss Supreme Court Monday denied a Russian request for the transfer of bank documents to Russia relevant to an ongoing investigation into crippled Russian oil giant Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive]. The Swiss court held that Russ (More) |
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UK court rejects Russian extradition bid for former Yukos executive
A court in London ruled Friday that the former Vice-President of crippled Russian oil-giant Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive], Aleksander Temerko, currently living in Britain, cannot be extradited to Russia, saying that he would likely (More) |
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Second appeal filed against Khodorkovsky tax fraud conviction
Lawyers for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [advocacy profile; JURIST news archive] announced Friday that they have filed a second appeal to overturn Khodorkovsky's conviction on tax evasion and fraud charges . Khodorkovsky, former head (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.
