Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky — Russian businessman.
On 19 February 2003, in the context of a meeting between President Putin and a group of the country’s most powerful businessmen, a televised confrontation between President Putin and Mr. Khodorkovsky took place.
Dr. Illarionov testifies that in September 2003 he met with Mr. Khodorkovsky to tell him he was in danger and it would be preferable for him to leave Russia.
On 25 October 2003, Mr. Khodorkovsky was arrested at gunpoint by an armed special forces unit in a Siberian airport, and taken to Moscow where he was charged with economic crimes including fraud, tax evasion and embezzlement.
On 3 November 2003, Mr. Khodorkovsky resigned as CEO of Yukos.
On 31 May 2005, the Meshchansky Court of the city of Moscow sentenced Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev to nine years in prison on charges of fraud and tax evasion.
In February 2007, before Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev had served half of their prison terms, the Prosecutor-General’s Office levelled new charges against them, this time for theft of oil and funds from Yukos, embezzlement and money laundering.
On 27 December 2010, Judge Danilkin issued his verdict finding Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev guilty of charges of embezzlement and money laundering. He sentenced them to the maximum penalty requested by the prosecution, thirteen and a half years.
