Despite cries of corruption from Amnesty International and the U.S. government, a Moscow court on Monday found former Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of stealing fuel from his own companies and money laundering during the period from 1998–2003.The court did not announce a particular term for his imprisonment. The decision is the result of the second trial against him and his partner, Platon Lebedev, initiated in 2006.
The case against Khodorkovsky has been among the highest-profile issues in Russia over the last several years. It has been characteristic of Russia’s image as an authoritarian state, where politics, the judicial system, and the criminal underworld are closely tied.
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