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Russian Judge Sentences Khodorkovsky to More Jail Time

   VOA News 30 December 2010
   Mikhail  Khodorkovsky  reacts  after being sentenced in a Moscow court
   room, 30 Dec 2010

Photo: AP

   Mikhail  Khodorkovsky  reacts  after being sentenced in a Moscow court
   room, 30 Dec 2010

   Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose trial has been seen as a
   test  of  Russia's  democracy,  has  been  given  a new 14 year prison
   sentence.
   Judge   Viktor  Danilkin  on  Thursday  sentenced  Khodorkovsky  after
   convicting  him  of  stealing  from  his  own  oil company, Yukos, and
   laundering the proceeds.
   Thursday's  sentence  includes  previous  time served, so Khodorkovsky
   will spend another six years in jail before being freed in 2017.
   Once  Russia's  richest  man,  Khodorkovsky's fortunes changed when he
   challenged  then  President  Vladimir Putin and supported the powerful
   politician's political opponents.

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