In the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, top officers of former oil giant Yukos, Judge Danilkin rejected a defense request to call as witnesses a number of government officials, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, and Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin. The judge agreed to call as witnesses Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko and former Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref (currently Sberbank’s CEO). The defense maintains that Yukos was closely monitored by the government, and that Khodorkovsky regularly discussed the company's activities with the government officials.
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