Rosneft not concerned about being sued on behalf of Khodorkovsky – officialIgor Sechin, president of state-run oil company Rosneft , sees no risks for the company in terms of possible claims on behalf of ex-YUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky.18:36 20.12.2013
Khodorkovsky to be pardoned soon – PutinYUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has been in jail in connection with oil theft and money laundering charges since 2003, has filed a petition for clemency and a resolution pardoning him will be signed soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an annual Q&A session with the press Thursday.16:32 19.12.2013
Former YUKOS shareholder’s second absentia sentence takes effectThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday deemed a second sentence issued in absentia to former YUKOS shareholder Leonid Nevzlin lawful, RAPSI reports from the court. Nevzlin was sentenced for 6 years on charges of misappropriation in addition to a standing life sentence for conspiracy to murder.13:01 17.12.2013
Khodorkovsky's partner brings parole appeal to Supreme CourtPlaton Lebedev, YUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner, has lodged with the Supreme Court a supervisory appeal challenging the denial of his bid for parole.10:45 04.12.2013
Russia agrees with the ECHR ruling on Khodorkovsky complaintRussia has waived its right to request the referral of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for fresh consideration.13:05 07.11.2013
Yukos Capital asks US court to compel Rosneft unit to pay out $186 mln judgmentYukos Capital SARL filed a memo Thursday requesting that a US federal court order Russian gas giant Samaraneftegaz to honor an approximately $186 million judgment rendered in Yukos’ favor earlier this month.14:45 25.10.2013
Ex-YUKOS Alexei Pichugin fails in bid to appeal life sentenceRussia's Supreme Court has ruled that the life sentence for YUKOS former security head Alexei Pichugin, who was convicted of masterminding several murders, was lawful and refused to amend it according to the ECHR judgment.11:06 23.10.2013
Supreme Court's decision to cut Khodorkovsky's sentence appealedDefense lawyers for former YUKOS top manager Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev have appealed Russia's Supreme Courts decision to lower the sentences of their clients to 10 years and 10 months, the website of Khodorkovsky's press office said on Tuesday.14:37 17.09.2013
New Khodorkovsky investigation gathering pace - reportDeputies from Russia’s State Duma and senior officials could be questioned by investigators looking into a decade-old case against jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sparking renewed fears that fresh charges against the once powerful businessman are imminent, Vedomosti newspaper reported Thursday.14:42 08.08.2013
Yukos Capital wins against Russia's Samaraneftegaz in US courtA federal district court in New York satisfied Tuesday a request by Yukos Capital SARL (Yukos Capital) for summary judgment in its efforts to seek enforcement of an arbitration award it had earlier won in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against Russia’s OAO Samaraneftegaz.13:58 08.08.2013
Russian Supreme Court cuts Khodorkovsky's sentence by two monthsRussia's Supreme Court held Tuesday that the sentences of former YUKOS top manager Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev should be lowered to 10 years and 10 months, thus partially satisfying their requests on supervisory appeal.13:19 06.08.2013
Ruling to invalidate former YUKOS subsidiary's loan contracts not to be reconsideredThe Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a previous court ruling quashing four Yukos Capital S.a.r.l. agreements on providing Yuganskneftegaz $340 million in loans.18:03 01.08.2013
ECHR rules that Russian charges against Khodorkovsky were in line with lawThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Thursday that the charges filed against jailed former tycoons Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were brought in accordance with the law, but that their rights had been violated in connection with the court proceedings and their placement in remote Siberian penal colonies.12:48 25.07.2013
Ombudsman's second appeal against Khodorkovsky's sentence rejectedThe Moscow City Court has rejected a second appeal filed by Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin against the sentence of former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev, the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev website reported on Friday.15:51 05.07.2013
Planned economic amnesty will not free Khodorkovsky - expertMikhail Khodorkovsky, former CEO of YUKOS, once Russia's largest oil company, who has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for stealing oil and laundering the proceeds, will not be released in the planned financial amnesty.15:46 26.06.2013
Former Constitutional Court judge to be questioned in YUKOS caseTamara Morshchakova, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights and former Constitutional Court judge, told RAPSI that she has been summoned to the Investigative Committee in the YUKOS case.10:22 25.06.2013
Former YUKOS shareholder gets six more years to his life sentenceThe Simonovsky District Court in Moscow on Monday passed a six-year sentence on former YUKOS shareholder Leonid Nevzlin on charges of misappropriation, RAPSI reports from the court.16:44 24.06.2013
Yukos ex-shareholder convicted of misappropriating sharesA Moscow court found former Yukos shareholder Leonid Nevzlin guilty Monday of having misappropriated shares, RAPSI reports from the courtroom. The trial against Nevzlin was held in absentia, as the accused remains at large.11:23 24.06.2013
Former chief of YUKOS' subsidiary released on paroleSergei Shimkevich, former chief of YUKOS production subsidiary Tomskneft, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for large-scale embezzlement, has been released on early parole.13:27 19.06.2013
Leading Russian economist questioned in Khodorkovsky caseLeading Russian economist Sergei Guriev was questioned in connection with the YUKOS case, which made international headlines in recent years as former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was convicted of a variety of charges.15:18 29.05.2013