Russia Defiant Amid Western Criticism of Tycoon's Conviction
The Herald › December 29, 2010
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Russia's Foreign Ministry has angrily rejected Western criticism of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's conviction in a second criminal case, saying it amounted to pressuring the court.
Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, was convicted on Monday of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds, in a verdict likely to keep the tycoon who once challenged the power of Vladimir Putin behind bars for several years.See the full content of this document
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Russia Defiant Amid Western Criticism of Tycoon's Conviction
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led a chorus of political figures in the United States and Europe in condemning the verdict, saying that it r...
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